Re: Using ${description}, and debian/substvars.

2003-09-16 Thread Shaul Karl
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 07:40:21PM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: > > I was able to get dpkg-gencontrol do what I need after the creation of > a suitable debian/substvars file. However when using pdebuild to build > the packages, I get: > > dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable

Re: Using ${description}, and debian/substvars.

2003-09-16 Thread Shaul Karl
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 07:40:21PM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: > > I was able to get dpkg-gencontrol do what I need after the creation of > a suitable debian/substvars file. However when using pdebuild to build > the packages, I get: > > dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable

Re: Using ${description}, and debian/substvars.

2003-09-15 Thread Shaul Karl
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 05:30:15PM -0700, Neil Spring wrote: > > On Thursday, Sep 11, 2003, at 14:31 US/Pacific, Shaul Karl wrote: > >Can you tell where using ${description} and debian/substvars being > >documented, and give some examples for package which are made from a > &

Re: Using ${description}, and debian/substvars.

2003-09-15 Thread Shaul Karl
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 05:30:15PM -0700, Neil Spring wrote: > > On Thursday, Sep 11, 2003, at 14:31 US/Pacific, Shaul Karl wrote: > >Can you tell where using ${description} and debian/substvars being > >documented, and give some examples for package which are made from a > &

Re: Using ${description}, and debian/substvars.

2003-09-11 Thread Neil Spring
On Thursday, Sep 11, 2003, at 14:31 US/Pacific, Shaul Karl wrote: Can you tell where using ${description} and debian/substvars being documented, and give some examples for package which are made from a single source package and automate using the description in sub-packages? -- I figured

Re: Using ${description}, and debian/substvars.

2003-09-11 Thread Colin Watson
want to use it automatically in > sub-packages. If this is the case consider using ${description}, > and debian/substvars. > > Can you tell where using ${description} and debian/substvars being > documented, It's in the dpkg-gencontrol(1) man page. Look under "

Re: Using ${description}, and debian/substvars.

2003-09-11 Thread Neil Spring
On Thursday, Sep 11, 2003, at 14:31 US/Pacific, Shaul Karl wrote: Can you tell where using ${description} and debian/substvars being documented, and give some examples for package which are made from a single source package and automate using the description in sub-packages? -- I figured out how

Re: Using ${description}, and debian/substvars.

2003-09-11 Thread Colin Watson
want to use it automatically in > sub-packages. If this is the case consider using ${description}, > and debian/substvars. > > Can you tell where using ${description} and debian/substvars being > documented, It's in the dpkg-gencontrol(1) man page. Look under "

Using ${description}, and debian/substvars.

2003-09-11 Thread Shaul Karl
${description}, and debian/substvars. Can you tell where using ${description} and debian/substvars being documented, and give some examples for package which are made from a single source package and automate using the description in sub-packages? -- Shaul Karl,shaulk @ actcom . net

Using ${description}, and debian/substvars.

2003-09-11 Thread Shaul Karl
${description}, and debian/substvars. Can you tell where using ${description} and debian/substvars being documented, and give some examples for package which are made from a single source package and automate using the description in sub-packages? -- Shaul Karl,shaulk @ actcom . net