Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > randall <[email protected]> writes: > >> hi all, >> >> i'm a total noob when it comes to building deb packages so i believe >> this list is the place to be. >> >> i'm trying to package my first package, called rsnapshot. the available >> version in the repo's is aging and since its just a collection of >> scripts it appears to be a nice package for a first try. >> >> so far it seems to work following the routine i noted down here >> http://doku.songshu.org/doku.php?id=rsnapshot >> >> only i can not figure out how to make the packages without the >> architecture specific name like >> rsnapshot_1.3.1-1_amd64.deb >> >> according to the new maintainers guide: >>> If your package is an `Architecture: all' one, you need to include all the >>> commands for building the package under the `binary-indep' rule, and leave >>> the `binary-arch' rule empty instead. >> or i completely misunderstand what this says or it doesn't work, >> probably the last option has something to do with me mis configuring >> something. >> >> anybody has a clue? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Randall > > You not only need to put your build rules under binary-indep but you > also need to set the Architecture accordingly in debian/control. > The later controls the name. > > MfG > Goswin
thanks, Jan Beyer already informed me in a private post to change "any" to "all" in the control file, this indeed does the trick. Thanks, Randall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
