"Dave" == Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks for the help...But just out of curiousity, is all this
> described all in one place somewhere? I don't like to think I was
> being completely blind...I was going to mail the bloke who is
> writing the new version of the deb new maintainers
Julian Gilbey wrote:
> [...]
> Erm, yes, forgot that bit!!
>
> You must check that you can do the following successfully, and that
> the package works after you have done each one:
>
> (a) Upgrade from the previous version and from the version in hamm.
> (b) Downgrade back again.
> (c) Install th
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julian Gilbey) writes:
>
> > (4) cd .. and then run: lintian foobar_1.1-4.changes. If there are
> > any errors (shown with E: and non-zero exit code; don't worry
> > about E: newer-standards-version if it comes up), go back to step
> > (1) again.
>
> Eh, you forg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julian Gilbey) writes:
> (4) cd .. and then run: lintian foobar_1.1-4.changes. If there are
> any errors (shown with E: and non-zero exit code; don't worry
> about E: newer-standards-version if it comes up), go back to step
> (1) again.
Eh, you forgot something rat
> I'm a new maintainer too... Instead of steps 3 and 4 below, can't
> you simply do:
>
> $ dpkg-source -x foobar_1.1-3.dsc
>
> ?
Yes, forgot that!! ;-) (I'm also relatively new to this game!)
Julian
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> One problem I have found is the overlap of commands, which causes at least me
> some confusion as to what program I am supposed to be using (ie deb-make and
> dh_make).
Forgot this bit. Both deb-make and dh_make are used to turn an
upstream source into a Debian package, so are used only when th
I'm a new maintainer too... Instead of steps 3 and 4 below, can't
you simply do:
$ dpkg-source -x foobar_1.1-3.dsc
?
Julian Gilbey wrote:
> (1) Create the directory /usr/local/src/Packages/foobar. (You may
> well need to be root to do this, but then you can chown the
> Packages direct
Thanks for the help...But just out of curiousity, is all this described all in
one place somewhere? I don't like to think I was being completely blind...I
was going to mail the bloke who is writing the new version of the deb new
maintainers guide about it, as it is something that virtually every de
> I just received my first bug report, and I would appreciate it if someone
> could list the steps I need to take (doesn't seem to be documented anywhere).
> Obviously the first step is to reply to the bug-report with "-done", but then
Erm, no -- see below.
> what? I fix the bug (which was due to
I just received my first bug report, and I would appreciate it if someone
could list the steps I need to take (doesn't seem to be documented anywhere).
Obviously the first step is to reply to the bug-report with "-done", but then
what? I fix the bug (which was due to my superior packaging skills).
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