Hi Arno, Comments inline.
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Arno Töll <a...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On 23.08.2012 22:46, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: >> I know I could use "ar" and "tar" to get things done, but wasn't sure >> if there was a more elegant approach. > > Depending on your own ambition there are several approaches. The easiest > and simplest way is to use "dpkg-deb -b" which does right what you asked > for. Hmmm. That looks slick. ;) A slightly more advanced way would be to use tools like > checkinstall(1) which require some Makefile which installs files to the > file system. > > The cleanest and most formidable solution is to build a regular Debian > package like we do for Debian archives proper. The New Maintainers' > Guide [1] has instructions to get started. In your case you can follow > the usual instructions, just skip the build process (dh_auto_configure, > dh_auto_build), as your stuff is shipped in binary form already. Unfortunately I don't have the source code. Just an install .sh that has a binary blob in the middle of it. I'm not sure if it would be worth make a regular Debian package for such an infuriating "package". Thanks for the advice, though. Cheers, -mz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caolfk3x6wfzvfjospagdtfi1t-v5arrb9aeuqmyxdcnnjfm...@mail.gmail.com