On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:21 PM Andrey Rahmatullin <w...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 02:05:48PM -0400, Aaron Boxer wrote:
> > > > > > Besides the copyright file, I would like to test building the
> > > package.
> > > > > > What's the best way of doing this? I am on
> > > > > > Ubuntu Eoan. Thanks!
> > > > > Get a sid system (chroot is probably fine). Install and configure
> > > pbuilder
> > > > > or sbuild there. You will also need this system to actually test
> the
> > > > > resulting package and act on bug reports, if you want to maintain
> this
> > > > > package in sid.
> > > > > I don't recommend running any packaging tools on non-sid,
> especially on
> > > > > Ubuntu, unless you know the difference in behavior.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, Andrey. I have followed steps to set up sid system with
> schroot.
> > > > How can I test package build using rules file ?
> > > Install and configure pbuilder or sbuild there. Build your package
> using
> > > that.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks, I am using
> >
> > dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
> I told you to use pbuilder or sbuild. They would give the same error, but
> still.
>
> > but I get the following error:
> >
> > dpkg-source: error: can't build with source format '3.0 (quilt)': no
> > upstream tarball found at
> ../grok-jpeg2000_4.2.0.orig.tar.{bz2,gz,lzma,xz}
> > Where is it looking for the tarball ?
> Just like it tells you, in the parent directory. Did you put it there?
> Note that it needs to have a specific name.
>
Thanks, solved via
dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot -us -uc
>
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