On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:05 AM, George Kiagiadakis < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Eric <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to learn how packaging because I want to try KDE 4.5.0. I > have > > some questions, > > can I ask for help? > > Sure. > > > first: I do not know how to create symbols file, I can remove them and my > > package build. What > > is the advantage add this? > > Please read http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/symbolfiles.html > I am reading. Thank you. > > > second: what is installgen? How I know in which package I put a new file? > > It is a system used to automatically update the .install files. The > installgen files in kde-sc packaging however have not been updated for > a long time and we do not actively use them anymore. You can ignore > them. > OK. > > > third: when I install something in /usr/lib/ and when I install something > in > > /usr/lib/kde4/? > > This is not something that you decide, this is something that the kde > buildsystem decides. /usr/lib/ contains public libraries, while > /usr/lib/kde4 contains mostly plugins and other stuff that are private > for kde and can be used only through the public kde libraries. You do > not need to concern yourself with this. > > And how I know in which package I put new file? > > fourth: can I stop building debuging packages? > > Why would you want to do that? I guess the answer is no, we need > debugging packages. > > They take much time to build in the end, I am impatience. Eric
