-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Neil,
Neil Williams wrote: >> Debian, since I am the upstream author too. It seems clear that Debian >> still wants an original tarball created. Should I strip the "debian" >> directory from my source code when creating the tarball? > > Yes. If this package has any prospect of being useful outside Debian, > create an upstream location (SourceForge etc.) and REMOVE debian/ from > the distributed tarball. It is fine to keep debian/ in > CVS/SVN/whatever - you can always use that for your own packaging. Super, thanks for clearing that up. I have my own upstream location I can use, and I'll add such tarballs there. >> 2. Using debconf to notify in postinst >> >> Part of the install is to create a database with given credentials and >> import a schema. I have debconf prompting for values and I'm >> successfully using these in the postinst script. > > There are handlers for this kind of operation - take a look at the > source code for serendipity as an off-the-cuff example. Just downloaded the .deb initially to look in the control directory. That's a very interesting example, I'll certainly look more closely since it's been quite a massive PITA implementing this will shell script piping to mysql. Thanks for that. I'm looking through the source now. >> Any help is welcome, the full source is visible here: > You should provide the location to the build .dsc file normally, Debian > is not usually concerned with creating a package from your CVS, the > package is built from a tarball that you build/export from your CVS. Thanks, I understood that, I just haven't uploaded the .deb .dsc files anywhere yet, I wanted to resolve the above issues first. Thanks again for that, CT. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGA+F60SwfPjLnaZYRAiC/AKDLbhIBqPLE/2JO8JibEvNChEG6tACfZsUh /TXzBeJeH/ek1uX1S96kaQ8= =En3X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
