hi I am trying to create a dumby package for qmail, I have created a ctl file from the template (the attached file), then when I do 'equivs qmail.ctl' I get the output shown below
thanks
Neil
dh_testdir
touch build-stamp
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_clean -k
# Add here commands to install the package into debian/tmp.
touch install-stamp
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_installdocs
dh_installchangelogs
parsechangelog/debian: error: badly formatted heading line, at changelog
line 1
Use of uninitialized value at /usr/share/debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm line 268.
dh_compress
dh_fixperms
dh_installdeb
dh_gencontrol
dpkg-gencontrol: unknown option `-pqmail_dummy_package'
Debian GNU/Linux dpkg-gencontrol 1.6.15. Copyright (C) 1996
Ian Jackson. This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence
version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.
Usage: dpkg-gencontrol [options ...]
Options: -p<package> print control file for package
-c<controlfile> get control info from this file
-l<changelogfile> get per-version info from this file
-F<changelogformat> force change log format
-v<forceversion> set version of binary package
-f<fileslistfile> write files here instead of debian/files
-P<packagebuilddir> temporary build dir instead of debian/tmp
-O write to stdout, not .../DEBIAN/control
-is include section field
-ip include priority field
-isp|-ips include both section and priority
-D<field>=<value> override or add a field and value
-U<field> remove a field
-V<name>=<value> set a substitution variable
-T<varlistfile> read variables here, not debian/substvars
-h print this message
dh_gencontrol: command returned error code
make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1
Error during the build process: Illegal seek at /usr/bin/equivs-build line
162, <IN> chunk 33.
qmail.ctl
Description: Binary data
