Sample Debian package to show-case all

2014-12-14 Thread T o n g
Hi, Is there a *simple* sample Debian package somewhere out there that show- case most of the important Debian packaging aspects? E.g., with a small C/C++ file, the sample package shows - the latest standard of debian/rules file - the most simplified Makefile - how to build from ./configure

Re: Sample Debian package to show-case all

2014-12-14 Thread Russ Allbery
T o n g mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com writes: Is there a *simple* sample Debian package somewhere out there that show- case most of the important Debian packaging aspects? E.g., with a small C/C++ file, the sample package shows - the latest standard of debian/rules file - the most simplified

Re: Sample Debian package to show-case all

2014-12-14 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:30 AM, T o n g mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com wrote: Is there a *simple* sample Debian package somewhere out there that show- case most of the important Debian packaging aspects? I think you want to look at the hello package. E.g., with a small C/C++ file, the sample

Re: Sample Debian package to show-case all

2014-12-14 Thread T o n g
On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 10:53:59 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: - the most simplified Makefile This is upstream stuff not Debian stuff... Ultimately you should have no patches because ... If we can influence upstream, why don't we get their structure right at the first place? If Debian can't

Re: Sample Debian package to show-case all

2014-12-14 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:30 PM, T o n g wrote: If we can influence upstream, why don't we get their structure right at the first place? If Debian can't influence it, then I believe no other distro on earth can influence it. I mean, nowadays Debian is so powerful and the line between

Re: Sample Debian package to show-case all

2014-12-14 Thread Norbert Preining
On Mon, 15 Dec 2014, T o n g wrote: - the latest standard of debian/rules file THere is none. You can use dh ..., you can use the dh_* calls directly, you can use cdbs, ... I myself have packages with all kind of formats. If it works out, using debhelper with dh is nice, but if you have to