Re: [HOWTO?] Splitting one upstream package into several .debs

1999-02-03 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Joey Hess wrote: > All the files above should be broken out into a library package, and a -dev > package. See the packaging manual for details. Thanks for all the help guys. I am now packaging aspell into aspell.deb, aspell-dev.deb and aspell-doc.deb Should all of them go into the same section (

Re: [HOWTO?] Splitting one upstream package into several .debs

1999-02-03 Thread Joey Hess
Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > usr/lib/libaspell.so.0.0.0 > lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 1999-02-03 11:01 usr/lib/libaspell.so.0 > -> libaspell.so.0.0.0 > lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 1999-02-03 11:01 usr/lib/libaspell.so -> > libaspell.so.0.0.0 > -rw-r--r-- root/root 479 1999-02-03 11

Re: [HOWTO?] Splitting one upstream package into several .debs

1999-02-03 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
dh_make has a multi-binary package option (m) that should get you started. Basically you have one source package just like with a single binary package. In your debian/control file you have multiple paragraphs, one for each binary package. The debhelper tools will act on each of the packages y

Re: [HOWTO?] Splitting one upstream package into several .debs

1999-02-03 Thread Jules Bean
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > Do I have to create each package seperately (ie. tar zxvf > upstream_src.tgz, dh_make, edit, dpkg-buildpackage in each case)?Can > someone point me to another *simple* package that is split downstream > like this? Most downstream split pack

Re: [HOWTO?] Splitting one upstream package into several .debs

1999-02-03 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 11:51:27AM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > I don't like the idea of creating one huge package. I was thinking of > splitting this into aspell.deb (which contains the binaries), > aspell-dev.deb (containing the libs and include files) and aspell-doc > (containing th

[HOWTO?] Splitting one upstream package into several .debs

1999-02-03 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
I am in the process of packaging aspell (and gaspell - a gtk front end to aspell). When I take a virgin upstream source and package it up (using dpkg-buildpackage) I get one huge Debian package. Here is a listing (edited for brevity) of the contents of the package - $ dpkg --contents drwxr-xr-x

S1 Spawning too fast, messages

1999-02-03 Thread john.d.smith
hi, I have just loaded Debian onto a Toshiba Sat 110 CS, laptop, I did the load with the cards in the slot, a CNET ethernet card, and a Motorola Montana 33.6 K Data / 14.4 K Fax card. I have a working system going, just the bare bones, 5 Floppies base type of install, It boots up OK, and I can get