Re: Packaging problem: impossible to build package from source

2017-05-23 Thread Tomaž Šolc 
Hi

On 21. 05. 2017 06:27, Michele wrote:
> I don't know if this is the best suited place for this kind of
> assistance, but I'm currently trying to create a debian .deb package
> from the official source obtained from debian repositories.
> In my case I'm trying to build openvpn, the procedure I follow is:
> apt-get source openvpn
> dpkg-source -x openvpn..dsc
> dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc
> 
> However after the whole compilation goes fine, I obtain the following
> error:

I don't know what exactly is going wrong in your case, but it is very
rare that a package wouldn't build from source. Most likely there is
something unusual about your local user or system setup that is causing
the error.

You can try building the package from a new, clean user account to see
if that makes any difference.

Another way is to use pbuilder. Pbuilder builds package in a clean build
environment in a chroot jail. Documentation is here:

https://pbuilder.alioth.debian.org/

For example, openvpn 2.4.0-5 builds fine for me with:

# pbuilder create
# pbuilder build openvpn_2.4.0-5.dsc

Best regards
Tomaž



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Re: Packaging problem: impossible to build package from source

2017-05-21 Thread songbird 
Michele wrote:

> Hello everyone.
...
> Does anyone have a clue about what's going on? I'm totally new to 
> packaging but it's surprising that a standard source package downloaded 
> from official debian servers doesn't work out of the box...

  have you installed the build dependencies?

  # apt-get build-dep ?

  if you can find a similar package in complexity
you can grab that source version and look at what
it does and clone it for your own use.

  $ apt-get source 

  $ cp -a  
  ...edit stuff...
  ...build...


also:

  i'm not sure if the package build-essential is up
to date, but it lists some basics.

and:

  there are references and the mentors list which may
be able to answer specific questions.

  that is all i can think of to point you in directions
which may help.


  songbird