Through somewhat painful trial and error, I've discovered that the
most effective way to make a package from a standard source tarball
(which uses autoconf) is to:
- configure with --prefix=/var/lib/install/usr
- add the following lines to debian/rules after the $(MAKE) install
line:
mv $(CURDIR)/debian/p/var/lib/install/* $(CURDIR)/debian/p/
rm -rf $(CURDIR)/debian/p/var
(where "p" is replaced by the package name).
This method means that the installed files correctly reference
/var/lib/install where they need to (e.g. config files, shell scripts,
libtool .la files), but that the .deb contains files whose names don't
include the leading /var/lib/install - which appears to be what the
application installer requires.
Has anyone else reached the same or a different conclusion? Are these
tips already documented anywhere?
Regards,
Neil
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