Re: One source, two binary packages

1998-04-17 Thread storm
On 16 Apr 1998, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > > "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Santiago> Currently, you force to have those tools installed to > Santiago> everybody who wants to recompile the package. > > Why is it a problem to require that `autoconf' and `a

Re: One source, two binary packages

1998-04-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Santiago> Currently, you force to have those tools installed to Santiago> everybody who wants to recompile the package. Why is it a problem to require that `autoconf' and `automake' be installed? Once you install the compiler

Re: One source, two binary packages

1998-04-10 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Bob" == Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bob> I expect to make some minor modifications in the upstream Bob> Makefile.in. Should these be mentioned in the copyright file or Bob> the changelog? Ummm, changelog, I think, unless it somehow modifies or is relevant to the upst

One source, two binary packages

1998-04-10 Thread Bob Hilliard
Thanks for all the input. Manoj, I have been relying upon your posted rules files from the start. Without them, I wouldn't have gotten this far. I have found my problem. I believed that changelog.Debian applied to the binary package, rather than to the source package, and had created

Re: One source, two binary packages

1998-04-10 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Scott" == Scott Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Scott> You actually only need to run it once. Once they've been Scott> run once (probably right after porting your changes into a Scott> new version), the updated files are left behind and will be Scott> included in the diff

Re: One source, two binary packages

1998-04-09 Thread Scott Ellis
On 9 Apr 1998, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > > "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Santiago> I disagree here. > > Santiago> If you put this in a different debian/rules target > Santiago> (called, for example, automake-refresh), then you and > Santiago> only

Re: One source, two binary packages

1998-04-09 Thread Santiago Vila
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On 9 Apr 1998, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > For the GIMP packages, it is required; they ship with a libtool > that is incompatible with Debian policy. I have to run > automake/aclocal/autoconf every single time the package builds > to remove all vestiges of the old l

Re: One source, two binary packages

1998-04-09 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Santiago> I disagree here. Santiago> If you put this in a different debian/rules target Santiago> (called, for example, automake-refresh), then you and Santiago> only you would be forced to have automake and autoconf

Re: One source, two binary packages

1998-04-09 Thread Santiago Vila
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On 8 Apr 1998, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > Here's the debian/rules from my GIMP packages. It should clear up > your confusion. It uses debhelper judiciously; I'd recommend using > debhelper to save your sanity. :) > > #!/usr/bin/make -f > > # First, we build the p

Re: One source, two binary packages

1998-04-09 Thread Adam P. Harris
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have this in my directory on master (rules.tar.gz, I > think). README follows (the tarball has HTML stuff in it too, meant > to be dropped onto the develoers corner web page). You should just put this up on the public HTML space on master..

Re: One source, two binary packages

1998-04-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I have this in my directory on master (rules.tar.gz, I think). README follows (the tarball has HTML stuff in it too, meant to be dropped onto the develoers corner web page). manoj __ Here are a set

Re: One source, two binary packages

1998-04-09 Thread Adam P. Harris
Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Your debian/rules should build *both* packages. > > Here's the debian/rules from my GIMP packages. It should clear up > your confusion. It uses debhelper judiciously; I'd recommend using > debhelper to save your sanity. :) Bob, don't fear the reaper.

Re: One source, two binary packages

1998-04-09 Thread Ben Gertzfield
Your debian/rules should build *both* packages. Here's the debian/rules from my GIMP packages. It should clear up your confusion. It uses debhelper judiciously; I'd recommend using debhelper to save your sanity. :) #!/usr/bin/make -f # First, we build the package. The automake/aclocal/autoconf s

One source, two binary packages

1998-04-09 Thread Bob Hilliard
I am preparing my first package, and am building it by hand to get a clearer understanding of the package building process. It will have two binary packages, dictd and dict, both of which come from the dictd source. I have reached the point where the first, and larger, package produces