Greg Kiyomi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Hello, > > I'm attempting to create a package from upstream source and I'm > wondering how to add a file to the package that is not included in the > source (e.g. a config file in /etc or a missing man page). > > Do I have to add the files in the source itself (something I'd rather > not do as my C programming skills are very limited), in the Makefile > somewhere (again, my knowledge of these is slim) or is there a way to > include the file in the 'debian' directory and then point to it from > somewhere (similar to the method for including init.d scripts and > logrotate.d scripts perhaps).
Depending on what it is, the Makefile or debian/rules would be the appropriate place (debian/rules is a Makefile, too). For a manpage I would add an appropriate entry to the install target of the upstream Makefile (and forward the fix to upstream, of course). For a configuration file it might be different, at least if it is specific for Debian - you could add it under binary-arch (or binary-indep, if applicable). Rather use install(1) instead of cp(1). > I have tried putting the file in the debian directory in the correct > path but it gets overwritten when I run dpkg-buildpackage. That should be the clean target, I guess. Bye, Frank -- Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
