Jared Rhine wrote: > [Responding to an offline thread back on the chandler-dev list.] > > >> Maybe this is a question for Jared, but I'm unclear on how exactly to >> use the stuff in svn+ssh://svn.osafoundation.org/svn/sandbox/packaging. >> Is the idea that I would create a new tag for the 1.0.3 build, update >> the control file, and do something like "dh install"? >> > > I'll try to remember to do a README next time I touch that tree. > > There's a million and one ways to build a package from a Debian control > tree, so there's lots of options, but what I do is use the > svn-buildpackage meta package. You've got the idea right about, create > a new tag, update the control file (and the changelog), and then build > the package using some wrapper around "debian/rules" (not dh install, > though). > > Once you've got svn-buildpackage installed, you're supposed to create a > directory up one level named "tarballs" (so $ROOT/tarballs, > $ROOT/trunk/debian) and do `debian/rules get-orig-source`. > > From there, the svn-buildpackage command will take over and do all the > appropriate building from the control files. Thanks, Jared! svn-buildpackage was the thing I wasn't aware of amidst the gazillions of pages out there regarding building debs. I'll try to do some 1.0.3 builds armed with my new (but still small and dangerous :) knowledge...
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