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An additional question : I still do not understand why, if this is a
"source" package, the source (and the Makefile) does not get included ? 

Am I missing something ? 


On 2020-07-05 17:26, Joan Moreau wrote:

Ok, I tried to put a Makefile that import all needed packages dynamically (via "git clone" mostly) 

You may check https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn/blob/master/packages/tomboy-reborn_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb 

Thank you 

On 2020-07-05 15:53, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: 
On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 3:31 PM Joan Moreau  wrote: 
Hi


The lazbuild is commented because this does not work properly from console, one shall use lazarus IDE in order to compile the sources properly, and according to its architecture. 
uhhh.. Debian builds are automated and there is no human interaction,

so build using IDE will not work. It needs to be command based, so it
can be added to the script.

Thank you for the tip about DESTDIR, it seems it works now.

What do you think of https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn/releases/tag/1.0.0 ? 
I can take a look, but until you can build it without IDE, its not

going to help. :(

Bug#964087: RFS: TomboyReborn/1.0-1 - Drop in replacement of deprecated Gnome Tomboy


Ok, I tried to put a Makefile that import all needed packages
dynamically (via "git clone" mostly) 


You may check
https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn/blob/master/packages/tomboy-reborn_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb


Thank you 


On 2020-07-05 15:53, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 3:31 PM Joan Moreau  wrote: 


Hi

The lazbuild is commented because this does not work properly from console, one 
shall use lazarus IDE in order to compile the sources properly, and according 
to its architecture.


uhhh.. Debian builds are automated and there is no human interaction,
so build using IDE will not work. It needs to be command based, so it
can be added to the script.


Thank you for the tip about DESTDIR, it seems it works now.

What do you think of https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn/releases/tag/1.0.0 
?


I can take a look, but until you can build it without IDE, its not
going to help. :(

Bug#964087: RFS: TomboyReborn/1.0-1 - Drop in replacement of deprecated Gnome Tomboy

Hi 


The lazbuild is commented because this does not work properly from
console, one shall use lazarus IDE in order to compile the sources
properly, and according to its architecture. 

Thank you for the tip about DESTDIR, it seems it works now. 


What do you think of
https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn/releases/tag/1.0.0 ? 


Thank you very much for your support

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On 2020-07-05 at 12:51, Joan Moreau wrote:

> An additional question : I still do not understand why, if this is a
> "source" package, the source (and the Makefile) does not get included
> ?
> 
> Am I missing something ?

The .deb is not a source package. A .deb is a binary package.

Earlier in this thread, you were linked to
https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/SourcePackage, which should define the
term "source package" in detail and with clarity. Have you read through
that page?

In addition to that page, I do recommend that you take the time to read
through at least https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers and
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/index.html, at length and
in detail, before trying to proceed with package creation much further.

-- 
   The Wanderer

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw

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On 2020-07-05 at 12:26, Joan Moreau wrote:

> Ok, I tried to put a Makefile that import all needed packages
> dynamically (via "git clone" mostly)

Sorry - accessing the network during compilation is (at least generally)
prohibited. IIRC, it both is a violation of Debian policy, and may
actually not work from the build environment on the servers. You need to
arrange for the relevant code to already be present prior to the start
of the compilation process.

> You may check
> https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn/blob/master/packages/tomboy-reborn_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb

That's a .deb file, which is a binary package. We need to look at the
updated source package, which is used for generating the binary package.

Looking at https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn, and more
specifically at
https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn/blob/master/packages/Makefile, I
see that you're cloning two git repositories.

If the software in those repositories is already packaged for Debian,
you need to find out which packages it's in, add them as
build-dependencies (as defined in some of the documents you've
previously been linked to), and adjust your project (possibly through
flags in the Makefile or appropriate setup in debian/rules) to draw on
the files installed by those packages.

If the software in those repositories is not already packaged for
Debian, then unless an exception is allowed for, you need to get it
packaged - into separate packages, not into the one you're already
working on - and then do the above.

If compiling your project needs the code from these repositories, how
does your IDE-based build normally pick up that code? I'd expect that
the same process should work for a command-line build, but I'll admit
that I'm not familiar with Lazarus.

--
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persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw

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On 2020-07-05 at 10:54, The Wanderer wrote:

> In order for this to be included in Debian, the final package build
> - after all testing and tweaking to make sure things work properly -
> will need to take place on the Debian build-daemon servers (AKA the
> buildds), with no user interaction whatsoever.

To clarify this somewhat:

After all the preparatory work is done to get your package ready for
inclusion, what will happen is that a copy of your source package will
be uploaded to the Debian servers.

Those servers will then automatically initiate the package-build
process. This process will need to compile your program from source,
then build the binary package (that is, the .deb file) from the result.
There is not, and cannot be, any human involvement in this sequence. At
most, if any part of the build fails, a human can modify the source
package and upload it to be tried again.

As such, anything other than a fully-automated compilation and
package-building process is not going to wind up being included in
Debian.

-- 
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persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw

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2020-07-05 Thread Sudip Mukherjee

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 3:31 PM Joan Moreau  wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> The lazbuild is commented because this does not work properly from console, 
> one shall use lazarus IDE in order to compile the sources properly, and 
> according to its architecture.

uhhh.. Debian builds are automated and there is no human interaction,
so build using IDE will not work. It needs to be command based, so it
can be added to the script.

>
>
> Thank you for the tip about DESTDIR, it seems it works now.
>
> What do you think of 
> https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn/releases/tag/1.0.0 ?

I can take a look, but until you can build it without IDE, its not
going to help. :(

-- 
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Sudip

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On 2020-07-05 at 10:31, Joan Moreau wrote:

> Hi
> 
> The lazbuild is commented because this does not work properly from
> console, one shall use lazarus IDE in order to compile the sources
> properly, and according to its architecture.

Can the IDE be triggered to do this from the command line, so that the
process can work without interaction from the user?

If not, then this cannot be used to compile a program for a Debian
package. The package-build process must be able to start with the
uncompiled sources (with no IDE or similar already open) and end up with
the compiled program, with no user interaction at all, beyond single
command-line invocation which starts the whole process. This basically
always requires a command-line compilation method.

In order for this to be included in Debian, the final package build -
after all testing and tweaking to make sure things work properly - will
need to take place on the Debian build-daemon servers (AKA the buildds),
with no user interaction whatsoever. I would not be surprised if those
servers don't have a graphical environment available, such that a
graphical IDE may not even be able to launch.

I really do think that what you'll probably need to do is figure out
what's going wrong with the lazbuild result and fix it.

-- 
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persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw

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I have now managed to have debmake and debuild to run without errors 

I am running it on https://grosjo.net/tomboy-reborn-1.0.0.tar.gz 


The "debuild" command does create a ".deb" file.  However the deb file
is not instalable (i.e. the compiled software is not in the archive) 


And still not sure what should be the command to generate a "source
package" (and what can it be besides the deb package and the actual
sources, available on github) 


And what are the actual (additional?) requirements to push that into
Debian ? 

Can you help ? 

Thank you very much 


JM

Bug#964087: RFS: TomboyReborn/1.0-1 - Drop in replacement of deprecated Gnome Tomboy

2020-07-05 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin

On Sun, Jul 05, 2020 at 10:50:28AM +0100, Joan Moreau wrote:
> I have now managed to have debmake and debuild to run without errors
> 
> I am running it on https://grosjo.net/tomboy-reborn-1.0.0.tar.gz
> 
> The "debuild" command does create a ".deb" file.  However the deb file
> is not instalable (i.e. the compiled software is not in the archive)
Your software sources are not in the root of the top-level folder so the
packaging helpers cannot find the Makefile.
The next step after fixing that would be fixing the Makefile itself,
though. The all targe does nothing and the install target doesn't honor
DESTDIR and doesn't have any other means to install in a specific
directory.
`rm -f /usr/share/applications/` is pretty horrible, so it's good that it
will never work.

> And still not sure what should be the command to generate a "source
> package" 
debuild without -b already does that.

> (and what can it be besides the deb package and the actual sources,
> available on github)
Please read my previous emails.

> And what are the actual (additional?) requirements to push that into
> Debian ?
Start with https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers, again.

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2020-07-05 Thread Sudip Mukherjee

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 10:54 AM Joan Moreau  wrote:
>
> I have now managed to have debmake and debuild to run without errors
>
> I am running it on https://grosjo.net/tomboy-reborn-1.0.0.tar.gz

I downloaded this tar file and I can see you have a Makefile in src
folder but when I run make it does not do anything.

$ make
make: Nothing to be done for 'all'.

>From the Makefile it appears you wanted to use lazbuild but that has
been commented. So, please fix that first so that it can be built
using "lazbuild".

Some general points about the Makefile.
1) clean: should delete the files that it has built, not the files it
has installed.
2) uninstall: should remove the files it has installed.
3) You should use DESTDIR for install and unistall target. ref:
https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html

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Sudip

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When you say "write a proper source package ", are you referring to the
actual ".deb"  package ? or something else ?

Bottom line : What is actually needed ? I mean, in concrete terms ?
Something I can actually type on a command line ? 


On 2020-07-04 21:23, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:

On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 08:39:36PM +0100, Joan Moreau wrote: 


(1) As a "software provider", what files are expected (besides the
sources, the Makefile and the binary) ? ( please kindly refer to :
https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn )

The sources and the build system to build them. Binaries should never be
shipped in the sources.


(2) As a "package maintainer" , the error below keeps poping up, so most
probably I am missing something

I have no idea what does debmake do when you already have some files in
debian/. The doc you are reading certainly doesn't expect that.


How to concretely create the ".deb" package (which tool does create the
deb format, what does it contains really )besides the theory not
describing the actual content) ), so I can pack it directly ?

You don't need to "pack the deb directly", you already have your deb from
checkinstall. On the other hand, if you want a proper package acceptable
in Debian, you shouldn't "pack the deb directly" but write a proper source
package.

Bug#964087: RFS: TomboyReborn/1.0-1 - Drop in replacement of deprecated Gnome Tomboy

Hello, 

Concretely: 


(1) As a "software provider", what files are expected (besides the
sources, the Makefile and the binary) ? ( please kindly refer to :
https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn ) 


(2) As a "package maintainer" , the error below keeps poping up, so most
probably I am missing something 


How to concretely create the ".deb" package (which tool does create the
deb format, what does it contains really )besides the theory not
describing the actual content) ), so I can pack it directly ? 

Thank you very much 


On 2020-07-04 18:16, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:

On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 06:06:05PM +0100, Joan Moreau wrote: 


Input file sare visibles on
https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn/tree/master/packages

You are supposed to include thesoftware source in the package, not this.
So debian/ should be in the root of the repo.


This is the exact ouptut I get (from debuild -d)

I: check_all_licenses completed for 32 files.
I: bunch_all_licenses
I: format_all_licenses
I: make debian/* template files
I: found "debian/changelog"
I: debmake -x "0" ...
I: skipping :: debian/control (file exists)
I: creating => debian/copyright
I: substituting => /usr/share/debmake/extra0/rules
I: skipping :: debian/rules (file exists)
I: substituting => /usr/share/debmake/extra0/changelog
I: skipping :: debian/changelog (file exists)

You aren't supposed to run debmake with debian/ already existing.

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On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 09:35:15PM +0100, Joan Moreau wrote:
> When you say "write a proper source package ", are you referring to the
> actual ".deb"  package ? or something else ?
I'm referring to a Debian source package. I've already linked you to
https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/SourcePackage. All the docs about Debian
packaging describe creating a source package and then building it to get a
.deb which is a binary package.

> Bottom line : What is actually needed ? I mean, in concrete terms ?
A Debian source package. To get it you need an orig tarball with upstream
sources and a debian/ directory.

> Something I can actually type on a command line ?
No.


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Input file sare visibles on
https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn/tree/master/packages 

This is the exact ouptut I get (from debuild -d) 


I: check_all_licenses completed for 32 files.
I: bunch_all_licenses
I: format_all_licenses
I: make debian/* template files
I: found "debian/changelog"
I: debmake -x "0" ...
I: skipping :: debian/control (file exists)
I: creating => debian/copyright
I: substituting => /usr/share/debmake/extra0/rules
I: skipping :: debian/rules (file exists)
I: substituting => /usr/share/debmake/extra0/changelog
I: skipping :: debian/changelog (file exists)
I: run "debmake -x1" to get more template files
I: $ wrap-and-sort
dpkg-buildpackage -d -us -uc -ui
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package tomboy-reborn
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 1.0.0-1
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution stable
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Joan Moreau 
dpkg-source --before-build .
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64
fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh clean
dh: Please specify the compatibility level in debian/compat
make: *** [debian/rules:18: clean] Error 255
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules clean subprocess
returned exit status 2
debuild: fatal error at line 1182:
dpkg-buildpackage -d -us -uc -ui failed 

Thank you so much 


On 2020-07-04 17:57, Joan Moreau wrote:

Is there a web page stating the steps to go through, without all this complexity ? 

similar to the Arch  : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_submission_guidelines 

On 2020-07-04 17:43, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: 
On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 05:38:05PM +0100, Joan Moreau wrote: Let's imagine I found it (using lazbuild most probably), then where

should I put that command ? override_dh_auto_build, assuming you use dh(1)

How to specifiy the options needed ? As usual in the command arguments.

where to put lazarus is required ? 
Build-Depends.


Following
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/ch04.en.html#step-upstream,
I am getting the error "Please specify the compatibilitle level in
debian/compat' (meaning what should I write where ?) debmake would create that 
file for you, so I'm not sure what exactly did
you do.

Bug#964087: RFS: TomboyReborn/1.0-1 - Drop in replacement of deprecated Gnome Tomboy


Is there a web page stating the steps to go through, without all this
complexity ? 


similar to the Arch  :
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_submission_guidelines 


On 2020-07-04 17:43, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:

On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 05:38:05PM +0100, Joan Moreau wrote: 


Let's imagine I found it (using lazbuild most probably), then where
should I put that command ?

override_dh_auto_build, assuming you use dh(1)


How to specifiy the options needed ?

As usual in the command arguments.


where to put lazarus is required ?


Build-Depends.


Following
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/ch04.en.html#step-upstream,
I am getting the error "Please specify the compatibilitle level in
debian/compat' (meaning what should I write where ?)

debmake would create that file for you, so I'm not sure what exactly did
you do.

Bug#964087: RFS: TomboyReborn/1.0-1 - Drop in replacement of deprecated Gnome Tomboy


Let's imagine I found it (using lazbuild most probably), then where
should I put that command ? 

How to specifiy the options needed ? where to put lazarus is required ? 


Following
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/ch04.en.html#step-upstream,
I am getting the error "Please specify the compatibilitle level in
debian/compat' (meaning what should I write where ?) 


On 2020-07-04 17:07, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:

On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 04:57:37PM +0100, Joan Moreau wrote: 


Hi Boyuan,

Thank you so much for your feedback.

The program is to be compiled with Lazarus
(https://packages.debian.org/buster/lazarus-ide ), this is pretty
straighforward for anyone willing to compile from source.

SHould I put "lazarus" somewhere ? where ?

You need to find out how to build the project without launching the IDE.
There are suggestions regarding that in another email.

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On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 08:39:36PM +0100, Joan Moreau wrote:
> (1) As a "software provider", what files are expected (besides the
> sources, the Makefile and the binary) ? ( please kindly refer to :
> https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn )
The sources and the build system to build them. Binaries should never be
shipped in the sources.

> (2) As a "package maintainer" , the error below keeps poping up, so most
> probably I am missing something
I have no idea what does debmake do when you already have some files in
debian/. The doc you are reading certainly doesn't expect that.

> How to concretely create the ".deb" package (which tool does create the
> deb format, what does it contains really )besides the theory not
> describing the actual content) ), so I can pack it directly ?
You don't need to "pack the deb directly", you already have your deb from
checkinstall. On the other hand, if you want a proper package acceptable
in Debian, you shouldn't "pack the deb directly" but write a proper source
package.

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Hi Boyuan, 

Thank you so much for your feedback. 


The program is to be compiled with Lazarus
(https://packages.debian.org/buster/lazarus-ide ), this is pretty
straighforward for anyone willing to compile from source. 

SHould I put "lazarus" somewhere ? where ? 

Thank you 


On 2020-07-04 16:28, Boyuan Yang wrote:


Hi Joan,

在 2020-07-04星期六的 13:23 +0100，Joan Moreau写道： 


Hi Evangelos

Found also this page 
https://coderwall.com/p/urkybq/how-to-create-debian-package-from-source


It contains 3 files
- the binary (to go into /usr/bin)
- the icon
- the .desktop file

The sources are here : https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn

How to know the files needed, and is there "tar" or similar software
to create the ".deb" file form a files tree ?


Disclaimer -- I'm providing you with some information that you might be
missing instead of trying to push this packaging process forward.

It looks like you are in lack of 2 large pieces of knowledge that is
critical to do a proper packaging:

(1) How to act properly as a software upstream, by providing a
functioning build system that can automatically convert source code
into binaries as well as providing handy instructions to install built
binaries into the system. This kind of buildsystem is often achieved
through a build automation software and you may find a list at 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_build_automation_software .


(2) How to act properly as a downstream (Debian) packager on top of
upstream build system.

These 2 parts are separated but both essential when trying to create a
good software package. The fact that you are using a non-mainstream
programming language (Pascal) further complicates the situation.

From the very beginning (part (1)), you need a proper building system
in your upstream project, https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn .
Works in part (1) has nothing to do with Debian or any specific Linux
distributions.

In your case, I do not see any build system in your source code
repository. There is a built binary file but there's no script or
instructions describing how the built binary was generated. I have
absolutely no idea how you were building the Pascal source code into
binaries. My best guess is that you are using the building function
embedded in Lazarus IDE -- which is completely unacceptable since a
working build system should be fully automated and require no graphical
IDE tool to function well. It could be a handwritten Makefile, CMake-
based solutions, Meson-based solutions or something else. Since you are
using Pascal, I do not know what proper buildsystem should I recommend.
(If you are using a mainstream programming language like C, C++, C# or
even Python or Java, the buildsystem solution is largely known:
Makefile, CMake, Meson, python-setuptools, Maven, Gradle, etc.)
However, there are several existing Pascal-written software in Debian
and other Linux distributions. It might be easier for you to see what
other Pascal projects are using and do in a similar way. There is also
a Debian Pascal Team [1 [1]] and you may get some help from team members.
Remember that in part (1) you are acting as an upstream software
developer; if necessary, you may refer to Debian's guide to upstream
software developers at [2 [2]].

[1] 
https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=pkg-pascal-devel%40lists.alioth.debian.org

[2] https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide

For the latter part (part (2)), you will finally act as a downstream
software packager. we can discuss it later after you have a functioning
buildsystem. It won't be difficult as long as your build system is
sane. In any case, using prebuilt binaries from upstream is
unacceptable: Debian dislikes this and holds a view that any binaries should be 
generated (automatically) from source code at _build_ time.

I hope those information could be useful to you.



Links:
--
[1]
https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=pkg-pascal-devel%40lists.alioth.debian.org
[2] https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide

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On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 06:06:05PM +0100, Joan Moreau wrote:
> Input file sare visibles on
> https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn/tree/master/packages
You are supposed to include thesoftware source in the package, not this.
So debian/ should be in the root of the repo.

> This is the exact ouptut I get (from debuild -d)
> 
> I: check_all_licenses completed for 32 files.
> I: bunch_all_licenses
> I: format_all_licenses
> I: make debian/* template files
> I: found "debian/changelog"
> I: debmake -x "0" ...
> I: skipping :: debian/control (file exists)
> I: creating => debian/copyright
> I: substituting => /usr/share/debmake/extra0/rules
> I: skipping :: debian/rules (file exists)
> I: substituting => /usr/share/debmake/extra0/changelog
> I: skipping :: debian/changelog (file exists)
You aren't supposed to run debmake with debian/ already existing.

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On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 05:57:51PM +0100, Joan Moreau wrote:
> Is there a web page stating the steps to go through, without all this
> complexity ?
> 
> similar to the Arch  :
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_submission_guidelines

https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers is similar to that page.


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On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 05:38:05PM +0100, Joan Moreau wrote:
> Let's imagine I found it (using lazbuild most probably), then where
> should I put that command ?
override_dh_auto_build, assuming you use dh(1)

> How to specifiy the options needed ? 
As usual in the command arguments.

> where to put lazarus is required ?

Build-Depends.

> Following
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/ch04.en.html#step-upstream,
> I am getting the error "Please specify the compatibilitle level in
> debian/compat' (meaning what should I write where ?)
debmake would create that file for you, so I'm not sure what exactly did
you do.

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Hi Evangelos 


Found also this page
https://coderwall.com/p/urkybq/how-to-create-debian-package-from-source 


But I am not getting anywhere.

My tentative package is however extremely simple 

It contains 3 files 

- the binary (to go into /usr/bin) 

- the icon 

- the .desktop file 

The sources are here : https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn 


How to know the files needed, and is there "tar" or similar software to
create the ".deb" file form a files tree ? 

Thank you so much 

JM 


On 2020-07-01 22:31, Evangelos Ribeiro Tzaras wrote:


Hi,

I originally got started with [1 [1]], however you should probably consult the 
new
version [2 [2]]. This should hopefully help you figure things out.

[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/index.html
[2] https://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#debmake-doc

On 7/1/20 9:20 PM, Joan Moreau wrote: Hi

I am really sorry to bother you, but I am a bit lost.

I created a .deb file (see
https://github.com/grosjo/tomboy-reborn/tree/master/packages ) so I should now
create a deb-src package, right ?

The wiki page you mentioned does not really explain how to do so. Is there a
simple, step-by-step, process described somewhere ?

THank you so much

On 2020-07-01 18:46, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:

On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 05:35:21PM +0100, Joan Moreau wrote: This is not a "source 
package" as the source is in Pascal (using Lazarus
compiler package). Should I include the Pascal source also ? You need to create 
a Debian source package that can be built to produce a
Debian binary package.
It doesn't really matter what language is used or what should be contained
in the binary package. The workflow is the same.
https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/SourcePackage


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[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/index.html
[2] https://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#debmake-doc

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