On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 10:21:26PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > nuno romano wrote: > > When trying to build binary .deb packages from debian > > sources I get the following warning:(the same with > > gtkhtml3) > > > > dpkg-deb: parse error in file `fltk-1.1.6/ > > /DEBIAN/control´ > > near line 8 > > missing package name > > > > I did : dpkg-deb --build fltk-1.1.6/ ,after applying > > the > > patch and changing the name of the directory > > debian > > to DEBIAN(with debian ...no such file or > > directory) > > > > How we can build a .deb binary package from debian > > sources is > > not very clear,even reading man dpkg,man dpkg-deb etc. > > Wow, I'm speachless. What on earth made you think that would work? Have > you considered typing "build debian package from source" into google? >
Then, of course, there is my HOWTO [0] on customizing Debian packages that walks your through the process, step by step. -Roberto [0] http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr/?page=debcustomize -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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