Re: build?? why not?

1998-03-21 Thread Igor Grobman
> I currently use "build" to create my packages and "deb-make" to start > them. Is there a reason why I should not. Some have expressed opinions > against these. Is it ford/chevy or is there a real reason?? Well, build is nothing but a simple wrapper around dpkg-buildpackage. If you give no a

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

1998-03-21 Thread Santiago Vila
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On 21 Mar 1998, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote: > Lintian didn't report any errors' though. Lintian is designed for checking binary (.deb) packages. > Problem was that this package didn't have a "source", so I tried to > package it as a binary-only package. It

Re: build?? why not?

1998-03-21 Thread Santiago Vila
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Joel Klecker: > deb-make creates rules files that use debstd, which doesn't offer much > control over what it does (not to mention that it sometimes violates > policy). Please report all debstd policy violations through the bug system. I do not advocate for the

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

1998-03-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 03:21:54PM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > 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 - Hello! I am sad to say

Re: build?? why not?

1998-03-21 Thread Joel Klecker
At 02:37 -0500 1998-03-21, Shaleh wrote: >I currently use "build" to create my packages and "deb-make" to start >them. Is there a reason why I should not. deb-make creates rules files that use debstd, which doesn't offer much control over what it does (not to mention that it sometimes violates po

Re: build?? why not?

1998-03-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Personal preference, really. I like crafting my packages manually, and I keep on top of policy. No reason for anyone slse to do it this way. Personally, this helps me learn, and I feel more in tough with my packages. YMMV. manoj -- RANDOMIZATION: The assignment o

build?? why not?

1998-03-21 Thread Shaleh
I currently use "build" to create my packages and "deb-make" to start them. Is there a reason why I should not. Some have expressed opinions against these. Is it ford/chevy or is there a real reason?? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

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

1998-03-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I have a uuencoded tar.gz file with a number of debian directories. These are fully working live directories: No known bugs. email me if you wan tthis. The README is attached below (I shall be uploading this to the developers coner withing the week.) manoj

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

1998-03-21 Thread Anthony Fok
On Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 08:18:09AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava 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 t

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

1998-03-21 Thread Igor Grobman
> 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 *.