Hi Luis, On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:16:52AM -0500, Luis Ibanez wrote: > > Then I called "debuild". > > (so my rule of thumb is that "debuild" must be called > from a directory that has the 'package name', in this > case "fis-gtm-initial" and that it expects the orig.tar.gz > file to be in the parent directory.)
Yes, this rule of thumb works. :-) > Finished running lintian. > Now signing changes and any dsc files... > signfile fis-gtm-initial_54002B-1.dsc Andreas Tille <[email protected]> > gpg: skipped "Andreas Tille <[email protected]>": secret key not available > gpg: /tmp/debsign.UEQdYnHe/fis-gtm-initial_54002B-1.dsc: clearsign failed: > secret key not available > debsign: gpg error occurred! Aborting.... > debuild: fatal error at line 1246: > running debsign failed > > > Which is good news. Yes. I think full quotes of such build logs do not need to be quoted any more (except in case of problems). > I verify that there is a .tar.gz file down > in the debian directory now. > > The command: > > find . -name "*.tar.gz" > > returns: > > ./gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_pro-i386.tar.gz > ./gtm_V54002B_linux_x8664_pro-amd64.tar.gz > ./debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/lib/fis-gtm/distribution/gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_pro-i386.tar.gz Fine. > and I confirm that the command: > > make -f debian/rules clean > > cleans the "debian" directory. > > It essentially removes the files: > > debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/lib > debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/lib/fis-gtm > debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/lib/fis-gtm/distribution > debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/lib/fis-gtm/distribution/gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_pro-i386.tar.gz > debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share > debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share/fis-gtm-initial > debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share/fis-gtm-initial/defaults.template > debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share/doc > debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share/doc/fis-gtm-initial > debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share/doc/fis-gtm-initial/copyright > debian/fis-gtm-initial/usr/share/doc/fis-gtm-initial/changelog.Debian.gz > > > (this was verified by doing "find debian" before > and after doing "make -f debian/rules clean") Rule of thumb for the clean target: After make -f debian/rules clean the directory should be byte identical to the state before you called debuild. If not, you need to fix the clean target. > So, > It looks like I manage to replicate the > recipe and get the package to build. Yes. > This is REALLY helpful ! :-) > > In retrospective, I should probably > have started with this one. Yes. Probably I should make a mental note for the next MoM student. > I'll reply to that one, in order > to keep the continuity of the > thread. As you see I'm back online after arriving here in Southport. Need to inspect some mail backlog and chat with people here. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
