On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 03:15:04AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear fellow Debian users. > > I've recently been looking to making my own custom Debian packages from > source, as some of the software found in Etch is a bit outdated for some > of my needs. Since I've found no back ported packages that suits my > needs, I thought about making my own custom packages. > > I've been able to so far to make both binary packages and library > packages, using dh_make and debuild. I've started to understand the > process of editing the debian/rules and debian/control files, but I'm at > a loss when it comes to the more technical aspects of packaging custom > packages. > > What I mean by this, is I've still not yet understood how I actually add > for instance custom configuration files, documentation and most > importantly when building custom library packages, how do I go about > separating the actual library files and development files. I've tried to > the best of my abilities to found a decent howto, but have so far not > yielded and good results. > > What is important when packaging library files, what do I need to make > sure of both when installing, and also uninstalling. Any pointers would > be highly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, have a continued good day and weekend! :) > > -- > Yours sincerely Jostein Elvaker Haande
You should check out mentors.debian.net. It is a website that provides a few services: 1)helps people get packages into debian who are not 'debian developers' 2)helps people with creating debian packages you want #2. They have a mailing list and an irc channel on irc.debian.org, also. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
