On Wednesday 10 July 2002 07:49, David Gibb wrote: > Hi! > > I'm trying to start learning how to package kde programs, and I came across > admin/debianrules files. I've figured out they relate to packaging, but I'm > not sure how. Can anyone explain how the debianrules file is used, or point > me somewhere it is explained?
AFAIK it's special for the debian kde pkgs. If you check the debian subdir you'll find: > grep -d skip admin/debianrules debian/* debian/rules:debian/debiandirs: admin/debianrules debian/rules: perl -w admin/debianrules echodirs > debian/debiandirs debian/rules: perl -w admin/debianrules echoglobals > debian/system.kdeglobals Run those command without the redirection and you 'see' what they do ;) The rules file is the Makefile that is used to build the package (see http://www.de.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-dreq.en.html#s-rules) Short story: debiandirs defines the environment and options for configure. system.kdeglobals is later installed in /etc/kde3 Achim > > Dave -- To me vi is Zen. To use vi is to practice zen. Every command is a koan. Profound to the user, unintelligible to the uninitiated. You discover truth everytime you use it. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
