Re: Getting started - Q about post int procedures etc.

[You (Sudhakar Chandrasekharan)] >So finally I have located a package (xdir) that nobody is working on. I >want to build a test package and see if I am qualified enough to become a >official Debian developer. Here is what I do - > >1. tar zxvf the package. >2. cd directory_of_package >3. deb-mak

Getting started - Q about post int procedures etc.

So finally I have located a package (xdir) that nobody is working on. I want to build a test package and see if I am qualified enough to become a official Debian developer. Here is what I do - 1. tar zxvf the package. 2. cd directory_of_package 3. deb-make 4. cd debian 5. rm *.ex This is

Re: Package rejected due to missing source entry, (help)

On Sat, Mar 21, 1998 at 12:16:30AM +0100, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote: > Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Problem is: there is no source, just some scripts to maintain the > >> databases, two rulesets for sendmail and documentation. My > >> additions are manpages, a script to au

Re: new .orig.tar.gz uploading - how??

Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |Hi, | I have no idea how build works. Useing dpkg-buildpackage, you | can arrange to have the sources included in the new upload by saying | % dpkg-buildpackage -sa -rfakeroot (or -rsudo or what have you) | | Then the changes file so generat

Re: new .orig.tar.gz uploading - how??

Hi, I have no idea how build works. Useing dpkg-buildpackage, you can arrange to have the sources included in the new upload by saying % dpkg-buildpackage -sa -rfakeroot (or -rsudo or what have you) Then the changes file so generated shall have the (NEW) orig.tar.gz file.

new .orig.tar.gz uploading - how??

Hello, I ran "build" and then uploaded the files using "dupload" then the installer rejected my package because the .orig.tar.gz file (which is mentioned in the .dsc file) wasn't present. So I uploaded the .orig.tar.gz file but now my package gets rejected since the md5sum doesn't match the OLD .