Re: Packaging tutorial

2013-06-17 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 06/16/2013 09:33 PM, Vadim Kolchev wrote: > Hi all, > I don't know whether it is appropriate to write to this mailing list on > this matter. I'm rather new to Debian and I would like to learn more > about packaging and to try to do some packaging for myself. I read > appropriate wiki pages, and

Re: Packaging tutorial

2013-06-17 Thread Linux-Fan
On 06/16/2013 11:18 PM, Vadim Kolchev wrote: > В Вск, 16/06/2013 в 22:30 +0200, Slavko пишет: >> Dňa 16.06.2013 21:33 Vadim Kolchev wrote / napísal(a): >> >> The http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/index.en.html is not >> enough for you? >> >> regards >> > Thanks for your reply. > > Wel

Re: Packaging tutorial

2013-06-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
better. > The http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/index.en.html is not > enough for you? See also http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#packaging-tutorial Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http

Re: Packaging tutorial

2013-06-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Building a completely new Debian package isn't easy to do, but you sometimes can use existing packages to build packages for newer software versions, that aren't available by the repositories. I seldom did it that way, I prefer to build packages using checkinstall and don't care for it's limitation

Re: Packaging tutorial

2013-06-16 Thread John Hasler
Tony writes: > It leaves me very confused when, for instance, trying to package a > program written in tcl or bash that has no make files and stuff. Download the source packages for some things similar to what you intend to package and study them. Also read the debian-policy document. -- John Ha

Re: Packaging tutorial

2013-06-16 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:18:29AM +0300, Vadim Kolchev wrote: > В Вск, 16/06/2013 в 22:30 +0200, Slavko пишет: > > Dňa 16.06.2013 21:33 Vadim Kolchev wrote / napísal(a): > > > > > have some experience. So my questions are: > > > 1. What do I need to know to learn debian packaging > > > 2. What m

Re: Packaging tutorial

2013-06-16 Thread Vadim Kolchev
В Вск, 16/06/2013 в 22:30 +0200, Slavko пишет: > Dňa 16.06.2013 21:33 Vadim Kolchev wrote / napísal(a): > > > have some experience. So my questions are: > > 1. What do I need to know to learn debian packaging > > 2. What mandatory steps are there to build package properly > > 3. Are there any kno

Re: Packaging tutorial

2013-06-16 Thread Slavko
Dňa 16.06.2013 21:33 Vadim Kolchev wrote / napísal(a): > have some experience. So my questions are: > 1. What do I need to know to learn debian packaging > 2. What mandatory steps are there to build package properly > 3. Are there any known resources on the internet that give step-by-step > examp

Packaging tutorial

2013-06-16 Thread Vadim Kolchev
Hi all, I don't know whether it is appropriate to write to this mailing list on this matter. I'm rather new to Debian and I would like to learn more about packaging and to try to do some packaging for myself. I read appropriate wiki pages, and I have to note that they are not oriented towards total