[Fink-devel] new libdmtx-0.7.2-1 attempt

2010-06-24 Thread peterwong
hello fink-devel, i've successfully put together a package for libdmtx-0.7.2, but since this is the first fink package i'm attempting to contribute, i'm sure there are some problems with it. however, it did install, and it is working (for me, anyhow). the .info and the .patch file are

Re: [Fink-devel] new libdmtx-0.7.2-1 attempt

2010-06-24 Thread Alexander Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/24/10 10:05 AM, peterwong wrote: hello fink-devel, i've successfully put together a package for libdmtx-0.7.2, but since this is the first fink package i'm attempting to contribute, i'm sure there are some problems with it. however, it

Re: [Fink-devel] new libdmtx-0.7.2-1 attempt

2010-06-24 Thread David R. Morrison
Peter, Let me refer you to a section of the Fink Packaging Manual http://www.finkproject.org/doc/packaging/policy.php?phpLang=en#sharedlibs which explains how shared libraries are packaged in fink. Basically, you need to use fink's Splitoff mechanism to divide your package into a few others.

Re: [Fink-devel] new libdmtx-0.7.2-1 attempt

2010-06-24 Thread David R. Morrison
On Jun 24, 2010, at 8:21 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: And why are you marking it as BuildDependsOnly: true? That's normally reserved for header packages. He probably did that to get rid of a validator warning, since he does have header files in his package. -- Dave