-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, Ioannis Tambouras wrote:
> > After reading the debian-faq, I am having trouble creating a > debian package for local use. One day it will reach debian.org too, > I hope! > > % ls > control.tar.gz data.tar.gz debian-binary control/ data/ > % /usr/bin/ar -rc ascii-1.2_1.deb control.tar.gz data.tar.gz debian-binary > > > This ascii-1.2_1.deb (my unofficial debian package) is not recognized > by dpkg as a valid .deb package. What should I have done instead? > > Ioannis Tambouras > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PGP 512/D042DD45, West Palm Beach, Florida The best way to learn who to do it is to take a simple package (such as hello) and use dpkg-deb to extract both the contains (-x) and the control files (-e) in a directory... After that, you can look at some of the src files. And please, use dpkg-deb -b to build you're package. It's really mush easier and could avoid some errors. Good luck! - --------------------------------------------------------------- "Our policy is, when in doubt, do the right thing." -- Roy L Ash - --------------------------------------------------------------- Fabien Ninoles aka le Veneur || Running Debian-Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] || Lover of MOO, mountains, http://www-edu.gel.usherb.ca/ninf01 || poetry and Freedom. - --------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMrSFwlX6fc7jcjhFAQF8OQP+PeEuoEEuPAJyv0C9vBxBE3IP1lfen+Aw J4PTKMkoF5IwLmD7fg9YNmTWKSTJDDUqYCcBFI0rBzqYt4RH+vQSg49s0dvAHQLu rlE3hyUZemvBIX7HdEZ+4NU8zqK8u5i4Ab8AW5XuMxJwFhmwTDebLYpu39+oE1PN imd/k/2rdbI= =iC7i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]