On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Georgi Chulkov wrote: > I have almost managed to package my first library. :) But one > problem remains:
[...] > libnonsense0_0.1.0-1_i386.deb > libnonsense_0.1.0-1.dsc <- some kind of description file, but who uses > it? > libnonsense_0.1.0-1_i386.changes <- what is that? > libnonsense_0.1.0-1.tar.gz <- why is this created at all and is it > different from "libnonsense-0.1.0.tar.bz2" other than by name and compression > format? > libnonsense-0.1.0.tar.bz2 This should be called libnonsense_0.1.0.orig.tar.gz, so you'll have to repack the .bz2 (at least, for the time being, anyway) and fix its name (or make a symlink to it with the right name.) You can then test to make sure you've got it right by using dpkg-source -b to just build the source package. In general, you should always be making non-native packages; the very few times you shouldn't, you'll probably already know about when you're making the package. Don Armstrong -- When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. -- Emo Philips. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
