Re: Simple questions about making a package

1999-07-09 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 11:50:36AM +0200, Sami Dalouche écrivait: I'm learning how to create a package but I don't understand why the dirs file exists. All the directories are created when we type a make install, aren't they ? Usually yes. But you may need additional (empty or not) directories

Re: Simple questions about making a package

1999-07-09 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 12:40:31AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: What kind of dependencies information ? For the build ? You may take a look at the yada package (I've heard of it but don't know much of it) You don't need to have yada to get kind of source dependencies. Check grep-dctrl source,

newbie question

1999-07-09 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, Sorry if this question is too dump. I am try to build a very simple package to start with. A package that contains only one font file. I have followed the HOWTO. But my problem is that this is not a src file. So there is no need for a make file.

Re: newbie question

1999-07-09 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sat, Jul 10, 1999 at 12:04:01AM +1000, Shao Zhang écrivait: A package that contains only one font file. I have followed the HOWTO. But my problem is that this is not a src file. So there is no need for a make file. If you have no makefile then modify the rules file in

Re: newbie question

1999-07-09 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
The important thing to know about tools like debmake and debhelper is that they are just conveniences. They are no substitute for the packagers own understanding. Let them help you not control you! In this case, take a look at what debmake actually does. It creates a directory in the debian