On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 10:32:02AM +0200, JM wrote: > Now I wish I know how exactly I can make .deb packages which could be > used by the community. I tried a few things (actually dpkg-buildpackage > or the same with -d) but I m not sure wether this makes the packages > usable for any box running hurd.
http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-devel-debian Obtaining Source and Building Packages Extracting a Debian source package requires the file package_version.dsc and the files listed in it. You build the Debian build directory with the command dpkg-source -x package_version.dsc Building a package is done in the now existing Debian build directory package-version with the command dpkg -B -rsudo "-mMyName <MyEmail>". Instead -B you can use -b if you also want to build the architecture independent parts of the package. You can use -rfakeroot instead -rsudo if you use the fakeroot package. You can do without the -r if you build as user root. You can add -uc to avoid signing the package with your pgp key. If you want to contribute them to the Debian archive, you have to become a Debian developer. Debians Developers Corner has a lot of information about this and other things you need to know. For know, send the names of known working packages to [EMAIL PROTECTED], so they can be added to the autobuilder. (you can CC the list) You can also set up an apt repository your own to provide the binaries for the community. I don't have a link to a description how to do that, but there should be one. If you find one, let me know, and I will add it to the web page. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de
