On 03-Nov-2000 Christian T. Steigies wrote: >> I've been packaging it with the help of deb-make into one package, but now I >> want to split it into several packages (maybe binary, libraries, devel and >> docs+examples, or at least binary, devel and data) and would like to know >> what >> is the best way to do this. One obvious way is splitting the install and >> then >> choose the correct contents for each package, but that doesn't seem to be a >> very smart approach, looks more like a package butcher... >> >> Any help? any pointers? > I think the easiest was is to start packaging it again (keep a copy of your > old package!) and select library or multiple binaries. The you have to play > a little with the rules file to get things sorted out. Maybe you have a look > at how other people are doing it. When I made my first library deps, I did > not understand and never got to work what dh_make proposed in debian/rules, > I did it differently and it works and I understand why. The easiest way is > to look at other packages, there are so many ways and everybody does it > different, you have to find your own style. Ie some packages are using the > doogie build system (most prominent is xfree, but also apache and many > more), which rocks, but which I find hard to understand, since it lacks > documentation. If you just want to have multiple binaries, libs, docs and > devel packages, you should be fine with dh_make. > If you want to compile binaries from the same or similar source to go into > different packages, you might want to look at the dbs or invent something > similar.
Thank you for the tips. I think I will repack it again playing with libraries or multiple binaries options, and then changing the debian/rules. I will do it with a smaller package, because guppi takes about 40 minutes tu build :( too much for testing purposes. Of course I will have a look at packages with a similar structure to try to figure out how everything works in the rules. Thank you very much, Cesar +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Cesar Talon email: <Cesar Talon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Laboratorio de Bajas Temperaturas / Dpto.Física de la Materia condensada Universidad Autonoma de Madrid / Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid Phone: +34 91 397 4756 / Fax: +34 91 397 3961 I own seven-eighths of all the artists in downtown Burbank! +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
