On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:16:10 -0400 (EDT), Jaldhar H Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Then the source should be split in a way that the normal >> debian/rules files work and common files (like headers) stuffed >> into a -dev package you can build-depend on. >> > Have you actually bothered looking at the webmin tarball? I repeat > it is a set of independent modules only bundled together upstream > for convenience. (And btw, it is a set of perl scripts.) As I understand it, there is an script that does the separation for you when you package the .debs. Is there a reason a similar script can't be invoked by debian/rules to create the multiple debs from the same source? > debian/rules does work. It just doesn't produce what people expect > it to. That's why barring any better ideas, I'm just going to > reduce the size of the orig.tar.gz to the bits that actually make up > the webmin binary package. Well, it is your package, and your decision, but retaining upstream packaging is generally desirable; and if you already have an automated means of separating out the irig.tar.gz for each binary .deb, doing so in ./debian/rules may be a better solution. manoj -- Our missions are peaceful -- not for conquest. When we do battle, it is only because we have no choice. Kirk, "The Squire of Gothos", stardate 2124.5 Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C