Re: From local source tree to Debian package

2007-03-20 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Dienstag, den 20.03.2007, 10:00 +0900 schrieb Charles Plessy: [..] > I am sometimes wondering what is the best approach for packages with no > makefiles : > > a) dh_install, IMHO the perfect tool for this approach. > b) Write a Makefile, submit it to Upstream, and ship it in the debian >

Re: From local source tree to Debian package

2007-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am Dienstag, den 20.03.2007, 11:32 +1100 schrieb Ben Finney: > [..] > > Writing a bunch of 'cp' or 'install' commands in the > > 'debian/rules' file seems like drudgery and is certainly prone to > > error. What tools are there to assist Debian packagers

Re: From local source tree to Debian package

2007-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am sometimes wondering what is the best approach for packages with > no makefiles : > > a) dh_install, That does look good (I haven't yet used it). > b) Write a Makefile, submit it to Upstream, and ship it in the debian >directory in the meantim

Re: From local source tree to Debian package

2007-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
[Please follow http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct> by not sending copies of messages to me, since I don't ask for them.] Asheesh Laroia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Ben Finney wrote: > > Writing a bunch of 'cp' or 'install' commands in the > > 'debian/rules' f

Re: From local source tree to Debian package

2007-03-19 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:49:55PM -0400, Asheesh Laroia a écrit : > On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Ben Finney wrote: > > >Writing a bunch of 'cp' or 'install' commands in the 'debian/rules' file > >seems like drudgery and is certainly prone to error. What tools are > >there to assist Debian packagers in

Re: From local source tree to Debian package

2007-03-19 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Ben Finney wrote: Writing a bunch of 'cp' or 'install' commands in the 'debian/rules' file seems like drudgery and is certainly prone to error. What tools are there to assist Debian packagers in making this task more automated? Well, "make install" typically puts them som

Re: From local source tree to Debian package

2007-03-19 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Dienstag, den 20.03.2007, 11:32 +1100 schrieb Ben Finney: [..] > Writing a bunch of 'cp' or 'install' commands in the 'debian/rules' > file seems like drudgery and is certainly prone to error. What tools > are there to assist Debian packagers in making this task more > automated? dh_install, d