On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 09:33:39AM -0500, Tony Maro wrote: > Matthew Palmer wrote: > > >On 14 Apr 2003, Tony Maro wrote: > > > > > > > >>I'm in the process of converting 2 of my 3 desktops from Mandrake to > >>Debian. I'm looking forward to learning how to build a Debian package > >>of the software I'm developing. > >> > >> > > > >You're in the right place, then. Have you checked out the wide array of > >docs available at http://www.debian.org/devel/ and (especially) the New > >Maintainer's Guide at http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/? They'll give > >most of the basics. Other questions not answered there or by a judicious > >browse through the d-mentors and d-devel list archives should be > >well-answered by the folks here. > > > > > I have, but they seem to only discuss how to make packages from > sources. Unfortunately my software is written in such a manner that you > cannot really build it using a makefile because of the development > environment I use (Lazarus, a GPL replacement for Delphi). > > Is there a HOWTO that describes how to make a binary-only package > without worrying about sources? Perhaps I just missed it.
Look for perl or python packages like 'sitemap' > > Thanks, > Tony > Please notice the on mailinglistlist the reply goes below the text. Geert Stappers
