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 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 seems to alleviate this is > 'dpkg-deb -b --nocheck <dir>.' > > Right now, I've switched over to using 'dpkg-buildpackages', but the same > error(s) still persists. If there is anyone out there who wouldn't mind > teaching me on a 1v1 session, I'd be in your debt. I learn better from a > actual person than through docs. Thanks for your time. > > Regards, > > Bill >
Maybe you need to study the New Maintainer's Guide as I did some times ago. It is a bit outdated, but it surely helps. Look for it in the Debian Developer's page. Any news about an update of that useful guide? -- Francesco P. Lovergine