> You should try to get some better response than this. Creative works > are, by default, copyrighted. At the very least you need to get the > author to send you an email (or make another release of the software) > stating that it is released into the "public domain", which is as > close to "no copyright" as you can get. The alternative is for him to > assert a copyright on the software (simply by putting "Copyright (C) > 200X-2006 Nor ...." in the source files), and including some license > statement to allow its distribution etc. Commonly suggested licenses > are the X11/MIT license (a 'liberal' one), and the GPLv2 (a 'copyleft' > one). I'm waiting for his response.
And I still have some questions - Do you know in which sections shall I put this package which is related to python, astronomy ? (how should I proceed to know in which section to put it) - After trying to make the debian source with the help of the book:"the Debian System". I'm getting some errors after doing: dpkg-source -b python-cfitsio-0.99.2/ dpkg-source: building python-cfitsio using existing python-cfitsio_0.99.2.orig.tar.gz dpkg-source: building python-cfitsio in python-cfitsio_0.99.2-1.diff.gz dpkg-source: cannot represent change to debian/python-cfitsio/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pcfitsio.so: binary file contents changed dpkg-source: cannot represent change to debian/python-cfitsio/usr/share/doc/python-cfitsio/changelog.Debian.gz: binary file contents changed dpkg-source: warning: executable mode 0755 of `debian/python-cfitsio/DEBIAN/postinst' will not be represented in diff dpkg-source: warning: executable mode 0755 of `debian/python-cfitsio/DEBIAN/prerm' will not be represented in diff dpkg-source: warning: executable mode 0755 of `build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/pcfitsio.so' will not be represented in diff dpkg-source: cannot represent change to build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/pcfitsio.so: binary file contents changed dpkg-source: cannot represent change to build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/pcfitsio.o: binary file contents changed dpkg-source: cannot represent change to build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/pcfitsio_wrap.o: binary file contents changed dpkg-source: building python-cfitsio in python-cfitsio_0.99.2-1.dsc dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source Exit 1 Cedric Briner here I'll show you what I've done step by step # get it wget http://panoramix.stsci.edu/~npirzkal/python/pcfitsio/downloads/pCFITSIO-0.99.2.tar.gz # put the tarball in the conventional way mv pCFITSIO-0.99.2.tar.gz python-cfitsio_0.99.2.orig.tar.gz tar xzf python-cfitsio_0.99.2.orig.tar.gz mv pCFITSIO-0.99.2 python-cfitsio-0.99.2 # debianize it cd python-cfitsio-0.99.2 dh_make -s --file ../python-cfitsio_0.99.2.orig.tar.gz -e [EMAIL PROTECTED] # edit the debian rules, control, copyright cat control Source: python-cfitsio Section: unknown Priority: optional Maintainer: BRINER Cedric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), libcfitsio-dev Standards-Version: 3.6.2 Package: python-cfitsio Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Description: python wrapper of libcftisio2 # <insert long description, indented with spaces> # the rules should do: # configure * edit setup.cfg [build_ext] include_dirs=/usr/include library_dirs=/usr/lib inplace=0 # build python setup.py build # install cd ~briner/unsaved/download/python-pcfitsio/pCFITSIO-0.99.2 python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/ which was done now with the rules files as follow ( diff -Naur foobar.old foobar.new > blarg.patch ): --- rules 2006-02-21 13:56:45.000000000 +0100 +++ ../../../0.99.2/python-cfitsio-0.99.2/debian/rules 2006-02-21 13:44:52.000000000 +0100 @@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ configure-stamp: dh_testdir # Add here commands to configure the package. + sed setup.cfg \ + -e 's|include_dirs=.*|include_dirs=/usr/include|g' \ + -e 's|library_dirs=.*|library_dirs=/usr/lib|g' \ + -e 's|inplace=.*|inplace=0|g' > setup.2.cfg + mv setup.2.cfg setup.cfg touch configure-stamp @@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ dh_testdir # Add here commands to compile the package. - $(MAKE) + #$(MAKE) #docbook-to-man debian/python-cfitsio.sgml > python-cfitsio.1 touch build-stamp @@ -45,7 +50,8 @@ rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp # Add here commands to clean up after the build process. - -$(MAKE) clean + #-$(MAKE) clean + python setup.py clean dh_clean @@ -56,8 +62,8 @@ dh_installdirs # Add here commands to install the package into debian/python-cfitsio. - $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/python-cfitsio - + #$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/python-cfitsio + python setup.py install --prefix=$(CURDIR)/debian/python-cfitsio/usr # Build architecture-independent files here. binary-indep: build install @@ -86,7 +92,7 @@ dh_compress dh_fixperms # dh_perl -# dh_python + dh_python # dh_makeshlibs dh_installdeb dh_shlibdeps # modify the copyright: not shown (because not really interesting) -- Cedric BRINER Geneva - Switzerland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
