Hi there On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 16:45, Jay Graves wrote: > Hello > I am trying to package a program that installs some data files in to > /etc/X11/packageName > > However when I run the dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot the process fails > when it actually tries to install the files to /etc/X11/packageName > > Shouldn't install the files to debian/packageName/etc/X11/packageName ? > > I am not sure what other info may help. The Makefile specifies > datadir = /etc/X11
It's possible that the Makefile doesn't support DESTDIR, or that you're not using it right. debian/rules should have something like this: make install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp Hope I was of any help =] -- Leo Costela [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Public Key: http://wallsplash.net/leo/pubkey.asc "you must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest... with... a herring!"
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