Building packages from source tutorial by Debian Women

2011-05-02 Thread Margarita Manterola
[Note: This is a Debian Women event, and I'm trying to advertise it on places were interested people might be reading. Help spreading the word is appreciated]. Are you enthusiastic about Debian and thinking about contributing? We want to guide you with the basics. We are convinced that there are

Re: Building packages with epoch

2005-12-11 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 11:26:43AM +0100, Norbert Preining wrote: > Dear all! > > I have a question concerning packages with epoch: We are preparing a NMU > (maintainer approved) for tipa which currently is of version > 2:1.2-2 > When I get the source package via apt-get source tipa and rebu

Re: Building packages with epoch

2005-12-11 Thread Norbert Preining
On Son, 11 Dez 2005, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > tipa_2%3a1.2-2_all.deb > > If the epoch should've been in the .deb, it'd be ':', not '%3a' (which > is the URL escaping of it, and this is the filename, not the URL). > > This is correct -- the epoch is *not* included in the filenames. Ah

Re: Building packages with epoch

2005-12-11 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 11:26:43AM +0100, Norbert Preining wrote: > Dear all! > > I have a question concerning packages with epoch: We are preparing a NMU > (maintainer approved) for tipa which currently is of version > 2:1.2-2 > When I get the source package via apt-get source tipa and rebu

Building packages with epoch

2005-12-11 Thread Norbert Preining
Dear all! I have a question concerning packages with epoch: We are preparing a NMU (maintainer approved) for tipa which currently is of version 2:1.2-2 When I get the source package via apt-get source tipa and rebuild the package with dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot I get a bi

Building packages using tar and ar (was: About control files)

2005-03-18 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello! On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 06:05:14PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > [...] > ... if you use dh_gencontrol(1), or invoke dpkg-gencontrol manually. Of > course a package can also be created along > > mkdir tmp > cp whatnot/ tmp/ > mkdir tmp/DEBIAN > cat >tmp/DEBIAN/control > type whatever you li

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-23 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 05:05:25PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Holger Kubiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit: > > But I have another problem: When I build the package with debuild there > > is no problem, when I build with pdebuild, all scripts (one bash, one > > perl) in /usr/bin are no

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-23 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 05:05:25PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Holger Kubiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit: > > But I have another problem: When I build the package with debuild there > > is no problem, when I build with pdebuild, all scripts (one bash, one > > perl) in /usr/bin are n

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-22 Thread Paul Cupis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 22 September 2002 07:37, Holger Kubiak wrote: > But I have another problem: When I build the package with debuild there is > no problem, when I build with pdebuild, all scripts (one bash, one perl) > in /usr/bin are not executable. Files in

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-22 Thread Paul Cupis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 22 September 2002 07:37, Holger Kubiak wrote: > But I have another problem: When I build the package with debuild there is > no problem, when I build with pdebuild, all scripts (one bash, one perl) > in /usr/bin are not executable. Files in

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-22 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Holger Kubiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit: > But I have another problem: When I build the package with debuild there is > no problem, when I build with pdebuild, all scripts (one bash, one perl) > in /usr/bin are not executable. diff does not maintain executable bits. So, any file that

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-22 Thread Holger Kubiak
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:09:00 +0100 Paul Cupis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you try running pdebuild (with no arguments) in the source > directory, please, rather than "pbuilder build .dsc". This problem may > be caused by a error in your .dsc file. The problem *was* caused by an error: Becaus

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-22 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Holger Kubiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit: > But I have another problem: When I build the package with debuild there is > no problem, when I build with pdebuild, all scripts (one bash, one perl) > in /usr/bin are not executable. diff does not maintain executable bits. So, any file that

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Holger Kubiak
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:09:00 +0100 Paul Cupis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you try running pdebuild (with no arguments) in the source > directory, please, rather than "pbuilder build .dsc". This problem may > be caused by a error in your .dsc file. The problem *was* caused by an error: Becau

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Paul Cupis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 September 2002 22:52, Holger Kubiak wrote: > When I run pbuilder build dsc (as root) I get: > -- > /usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-buildpackage: line 1: kill: (19113) - No su

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Holger Kubiak
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:12:54 +0100 Paul Cupis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try putting xibs-dev in your build-dep. Using pbuilder is a good may to > ensure that you have the correct build-deps, as well. :) Yesterday it did not work, today it works. Perhaps a mistake in writing... > Oh, I might a

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Paul Cupis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 September 2002 22:52, Holger Kubiak wrote: > When I run pbuilder build dsc (as root) I get: > -- > /usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-buildpackage: line 1: kill: (19113) - No s

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Holger Kubiak
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:12:54 +0100 Paul Cupis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try putting xibs-dev in your build-dep. Using pbuilder is a good may to > ensure that you have the correct build-deps, as well. :) Yesterday it did not work, today it works. Perhaps a mistake in writing... > Oh, I might

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Cord Beermann
Hallo! Du (Joey Hess) hast geschrieben: >Bas Zoetekouw wrote: >> > SPAM: * 4.5 -- RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net >> > SPAM: [RBL check: found 214.224.20.195.bl.spamcop.net.] > >That score should probably be reduced to, oh, 1 or so, given what I've >heard about spamcop's pro

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Joey Hess
Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > > SPAM: * 4.5 -- RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net > > SPAM: [RBL check: found 214.224.20.195.bl.spamcop.net.] That score should probably be reduced to, oh, 1 or so, given what I've heard about spamcop's propensity for flagging things like legit list ser

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Cord Beermann
Hallo! Du (Joey Hess) hast geschrieben: >Bas Zoetekouw wrote: >> > SPAM: * 4.5 -- RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net >> > SPAM: [RBL check: found 214.224.20.195.bl.spamcop.net.] > >That score should probably be reduced to, oh, 1 or so, given what I've >heard about spamcop's pr

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Joey Hess
Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > > SPAM: * 4.5 -- RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net > > SPAM: [RBL check: found 214.224.20.195.bl.spamcop.net.] That score should probably be reduced to, oh, 1 or so, given what I've heard about spamcop's propensity for flagging things like legit list se

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Paul Cupis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 September 2002 07:37, Holger Kubiak wrote: > Thanks, it works (almost) fine. But I have a little problem. When I start > "pbuilder build ...dsc" (the file was created with debuild) I get from > "dh_shlibdeps" the message: > > dpkg-shlibd

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Stefan Schwandter
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Is really usefull to rebuild a bounce of packages from unstable to > stable in a single shot. I'd be interested in that script too! regards, Stefan -- > http://www.shockfrosted.org

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
As already said use pbuilder. Next if you like I have written a script that, given a .dsc in the local file system, rebuild it using a pbuilder environment, test for the successfull compilation, copy the generated debs in an apt-gettable repository and rebuild the dists/* stuff of that repository.

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Paul Cupis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 September 2002 07:37, Holger Kubiak wrote: > Thanks, it works (almost) fine. But I have a little problem. When I start > "pbuilder build ...dsc" (the file was created with debuild) I get from > "dh_shlibdeps" the message: > > dpkg-shlib

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Stefan Schwandter
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Is really usefull to rebuild a bounce of packages from unstable to > stable in a single shot. I'd be interested in that script too! regards, Stefan -- > http://www.shockfrosted.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
As already said use pbuilder. Next if you like I have written a script that, given a .dsc in the local file system, rebuild it using a pbuilder environment, test for the successfull compilation, copy the generated debs in an apt-gettable repository and rebuild the dists/* stuff of that repository

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-21 Thread Holger Kubiak
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 22:42:23 +0100 Paul Cupis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Install the pbuilder package, read the documentation, create a Woody > chroot, build your packages in the chroot. Thanks, it works (almost) fine. But I have a little problem. When I start "pbuilder build ...dsc" (the file

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-20 Thread Holger Kubiak
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 22:42:23 +0100 Paul Cupis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Install the pbuilder package, read the documentation, create a Woody > chroot, build your packages in the chroot. Thanks, it works (almost) fine. But I have a little problem. When I start "pbuilder build ...dsc" (the file

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-20 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
p.net > SPAM: [RBL check: found 214.224.20.195.bl.spamcop.net.] > SPAM: > SPAM: End of SpamAssassin results > > I want to build a package on my computer for several other hosts at work. > I use unstable but on some other hosts there is stable. My problem is: >

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-20 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
p.net > SPAM: [RBL check: found 214.224.20.195.bl.spamcop.net.] > SPAM: > SPAM: End of SpamAssassin results > > I want to build a package on my computer for several other hosts at work. > I use unstable but on some other hosts there is stable. My problem is: >

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-20 Thread Paul Cupis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 20 September 2002 22:21, Holger Kubiak wrote: > Hello, > > I want to build a package on my computer for several other hosts at work. > I use unstable but on some other hosts there is stable. My problem is: > Building packages

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-20 Thread Santiago Vila
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Holger Kubiak wrote: > I want to build a package on my computer for several other hosts at work. > I use unstable but on some other hosts there is stable. My problem is: > Building packages with debhelper causes a dependency (expanded from > shlibs:Depends) of

building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-20 Thread Holger Kubiak
Hello, I want to build a package on my computer for several other hosts at work. I use unstable but on some other hosts there is stable. My problem is: Building packages with debhelper causes a dependency (expanded from shlibs:Depends) of the package libc6 at least at the version used on my

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-20 Thread Paul Cupis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 20 September 2002 22:21, Holger Kubiak wrote: > Hello, > > I want to build a package on my computer for several other hosts at work. > I use unstable but on some other hosts there is stable. My problem is: > Building packages

Re: building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-20 Thread Santiago Vila
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Holger Kubiak wrote: > I want to build a package on my computer for several other hosts at work. > I use unstable but on some other hosts there is stable. My problem is: > Building packages with debhelper causes a dependency (expanded from > shlibs:Depends) of

building packages on unstable for stable

2002-09-20 Thread Holger Kubiak
Hello, I want to build a package on my computer for several other hosts at work. I use unstable but on some other hosts there is stable. My problem is: Building packages with debhelper causes a dependency (expanded from shlibs:Depends) of the package libc6 at least at the version used on my

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-07 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 04:26:02PM +0100, William wrote: > Hi, > > I am relatively new at attempting to build source/binary packages. I've > been looking for information online and this is what I have to go on. Any > pointers would be really helpful. > > The first thing that I did was to use dp

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-07 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 04:26:02PM +0100, William wrote: > Hi, > > I am relatively new at attempting to build source/binary packages. I've > been looking for information online and this is what I have to go on. Any > pointers would be really helpful. > > The first thing that I did was to use d

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-04 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
do: # apt-get install hello # apt-get install hello-debhelper # apt-get source hello # apt-get source hello-debhelper and have a look at those packages. *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-04 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
do: # apt-get install hello # apt-get install hello-debhelper # apt-get source hello # apt-get source hello-debhelper and have a look at those packages. *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 04:26:02PM +0100, William wrote: > I am relatively new at attempting to build source/binary packages. I've > been looking for information online and this is what I have to go on. Any > pointers would be really helpful. > > The first thing that I did was to use dpkg-deb.

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-03 Thread Colin Walters
William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The first thing that I did was to use dpkg-deb. My first question > is, what are control/changelog files and how would I create one? > Everytime I try to package something, it tries to locate > 'debian/control' or 'debian/changelog'. The only thing that seem

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-03 Thread Colin Walters
William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The first thing that I did was to use dpkg-deb. My first question > is, what are control/changelog files and how would I create one? > Everytime I try to package something, it tries to locate > 'debian/control' or 'debian/changelog'. The only thing that see

Help building packages.

2001-09-03 Thread William
Hi, I am relatively new at attempting to build source/binary packages. I've been looking for information online and this is what I have to go on. Any pointers would be really helpful. The first thing that I did was to use dpkg-deb. My first question is, what are control/changelog files and how

Help building packages.

2001-09-03 Thread William
Hi, I am relatively new at attempting to build source/binary packages. I've been looking for information online and this is what I have to go on. Any pointers would be really helpful. The first thing that I did was to use dpkg-deb. My first question is, what are control/changelog files and ho

Re: Building packages

2001-02-23 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >... > All help, suggestions, comments, much appreciated. Thanks Please read the "Debian New Maintainers' Guide" at [1]. That's a good written tutorial for beginners and reading it should answer your questions. > Holgar Ostermann cu Adrian [1] http:

Re: Building packages

2001-02-23 Thread Manfred Wassmann
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello. I have two, simple, questions about building a Debian package using > dh_make and dpkg-buildpackage. [...] > Second question, when using dpkg-buildpackage, it creates the diff. But when > I've changed a few files (such as .c ones) and have so

Re: Building packages

2001-02-23 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >... > All help, suggestions, comments, much appreciated. Thanks Please read the "Debian New Maintainers' Guide" at [1]. That's a good written tutorial for beginners and reading it should answer your questions. > Holgar Ostermann cu Adrian [1] http

Re: Building packages

2001-02-23 Thread Manfred Wassmann
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello. I have two, simple, questions about building a Debian package using > dh_make and dpkg-buildpackage. [...] > Second question, when using dpkg-buildpackage, it creates the diff. But when > I've changed a few files (such as .c ones) and have s

Re: Building packages

2001-02-23 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 01:46:00AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello. I have two, simple, questions about building a Debian package using > dh_make and dpkg-buildpackage. > > First question, when I use dh_make how can I get it to insert as revision > number? I've read the man, the docs, and

Building packages

2001-02-23 Thread nexus
Hello. I have two, simple, questions about building a Debian package using dh_make and dpkg-buildpackage. First question, when I use dh_make how can I get it to insert as revision number? I've read the man, the docs, and so on, and can't find this. I mean, if I have a package -3.2 dh_make returns

Re: Building packages

2001-02-22 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 01:46:00AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello. I have two, simple, questions about building a Debian package using > dh_make and dpkg-buildpackage. > > First question, when I use dh_make how can I get it to insert as revision > number? I've read the man, the docs, an

Building packages

2001-02-22 Thread nexus
Hello. I have two, simple, questions about building a Debian package using dh_make and dpkg-buildpackage. First question, when I use dh_make how can I get it to insert as revision number? I've read the man, the docs, and so on, and can't find this. I mean, if I have a package -3.2 dh_make returns

Re: building packages on debian machines with respect to privat gpg keys

2001-01-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 08:15:43AM -0600, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 03:14:29PM +0100, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > > How do you handel zour gpg keys when you build on debian machines? > > I would want to build my packages on a debian machine but would not > > want to ha

Re: building packages on debian machines with respect to privat gpg keys

2001-01-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 08:15:43AM -0600, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 03:14:29PM +0100, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > > How do you handel zour gpg keys when you build on debian machines? > > I would want to build my packages on a debian machine but would not > > want to h

Re: building packages on debian machines with respect to privat gpg keys

2001-01-12 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 03:14:29PM +0100, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > How do you handel zour gpg keys when you build on debian machines? > I would want to build my packages on a debian machine but would not > want to have my gpg key on a machine out there. You don't have your keys on the debian mac

building packages on debian machines with respect to privat gpg keys

2001-01-12 Thread Andreas Schuldei
How do you handel zour gpg keys when you build on debian machines? I would want to build my packages on a debian machine but would not want to have my gpg key on a machine out there.

Re: building packages on debian machines with respect to privat gpg keys

2001-01-12 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 03:14:29PM +0100, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > How do you handel zour gpg keys when you build on debian machines? > I would want to build my packages on a debian machine but would not > want to have my gpg key on a machine out there. You don't have your keys on the debian ma

building packages on debian machines with respect to privat gpg keys

2001-01-12 Thread Andreas Schuldei
How do you handel zour gpg keys when you build on debian machines? I would want to build my packages on a debian machine but would not want to have my gpg key on a machine out there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Building Packages on Development Machines

1999-09-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Paul Serice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, is it possible to logon to pandora and build these packages without > having root access. Is that the purpose of the fakeroot package? Should be if the -dev packages you need are installed. > Also, if I could build packages on kubrick and fau

Building Packages on Development Machines

1999-09-07 Thread Paul Serice
I've recently opened my eyes to realize that Debian has several development machines on the internet. Specifically, I would like to upload a Gtk-- package but, locally, I have had to rebuild the gtkmm packages in unstable in order to avoid upgrading my C++ compiler which would b