On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 11:09:34PM +1100, Jeremy Visser wrote:
> I would like to know how to create a Debian package that consists of one
> file, not generated by source. I have tried using a Makefile that just
> copies files and running it with CheckInstall, but have failed to get it
> to recognise any changes.
I'm not sure what CheckInstall does, but this should be a fairly easy.
That said, building your first package has a bit of a learning curve
no matter what.
Firstly, write your Makefile to do what it needs to do; but make sure
you allow for a prefix variable correctly; e.g.
---
prefix := /usr
install:
cp file ${prefix}/share/blah
---
This allows you to easily put it in whatever package (deb, rpm, blah)
you want. automake makes it easy, if you want to learn it. Put it in
a tarball and use dh_make to get the initial framework for the
package.
Then, your debian/rules file, using CDBS, can be as simple as
---
#!/usr/bin/make -f
include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile.mk
include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
DEB_MAKE_CLEAN_TARGET := clean
DEB_MAKE_BUILD_TARGET := all
DEB_MAKE_INSTALL_TARGET := install prefix=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr
---
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot and you're done.
However, if you are really interested in learning about Debian
packaging, don't use CDBS but build it up by going through the new
maintainers guide [1] to actually learn what CDBS does.
[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/
-i
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