On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Sune Vuorela <nos...@vuorela.dk> wrote: > On 2009-05-24, Jack Kelly <endgame....@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjo...@redhat.com> >> wrote: >>> I have a problem building a library, starting with a dh_make template. >>> The basic problem seems to boil down to files don't get moved from >>> DESTDIR (debian/tmp) into the actual packages, so the final *.deb >>> packages are empty. >>> >>> It seems like the <foo>.dirs and <foo>.install files in debian/ are >>> something to do with this process. However I cannot find where in >>> Debian policy these are documented ... >> >> My suggestion: If CDBS supports your package's build system, use it. >> http://build-common.alioth.debian.org/cdbs-doc.html . It calls all the > > Please do not suggest debian/rules obfuscators, wether it is cdbs nor > dh(1), to newcomers wanting to learn packaging.
Okay, will do. Can you please explain your reasoning, though? On the surface, it seems analogous to "Please do not suggest Makefile/sh obfuscators, whether it is autotools nor cmake(1), to newcomers wanting to learn how to build software.". (If you want to take this off-list, you're most welcome to do so.) -- Jack -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
