On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:07:09AM +0800, Niall Young wrote: > > > I'm creating a bunch of custom task packages, mostly empty with > > > dependencies but a few will need to contain configs and pre-filled > > > debconf entries. > > > > > > It's not too clear from the NMG and the DDR on how to do this. I can > > > create empty task packages fine, I'm just not too sure how to insert a > > > bunch of files and not compile a tarball in the process. > > > > the 'tarball' is the source for the package. Even an 'empty' package > > must have a source tree containing only the debian/ directory. > > Right, but what I'm asking is how to include a handful of > plaintext files with filesystem locations in an otherwise > empty task-* package. Should I make a custom Makefile or > have I missed a useful dpkg tool to help with this?
Just use install -m 644 README debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/task-foo/ in debian/rules binary rule... -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
