On 2009-05-24, Jack Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Sune Vuorela <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2009-05-24, Jack Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Richard W.M. Jones <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> I have a problem building a library, starting with a dh_make template. >>>> The basic problem seems to boil down to files don't get moved from >>>> DESTDIR (debian/tmp) into the actual packages, so the final *.deb >>>> packages are empty. >>>> >>>> It seems like the <foo>.dirs and <foo>.install files in debian/ are >>>> something to do with this process. However I cannot find where in >>>> Debian policy these are documented ... >>> >>> My suggestion: If CDBS supports your package's build system, use it. >>> http://build-common.alioth.debian.org/cdbs-doc.html . It calls all the >> >> Please do not suggest debian/rules obfuscators, wether it is cdbs nor >> dh(1), to newcomers wanting to learn packaging. > > Okay, will do. Can you please explain your reasoning, though? On the > surface, it seems analogous to "Please do not suggest Makefile/sh > obfuscators, whether it is autotools nor cmake(1), to newcomers > wanting to learn how to build software.".
How are you supposed to e.g. know that you migth need to pass options to dh_install if you don't even know what it is and that it exists ? /Sune -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
