I get with every package an error compiling with debuild a debianazied regular source package converted with dh_make in fact (this is mplayer 0.11pre24) debuild says:
dh_installdirs # Add here commands to install the package into debian/mplayer. make install prefix=/tmp/mplayer-0.11/debian/mplayer/usr make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/mplayer-0.11' strip mplayer cp mplayer /tmp/mplayer-0.11/debian/mplayer/usr/bin install -m 644 DOCS/mplayer.1 /tmp/mplayer-0.11/debian/mplayer/usr/man/man1/mplayer.1 install: cannot create regular file `/tmp/mplayer-0.11/debian/mplayer/usr/man/man1/mplayer.1': No such file or directory make[1]: *** [install] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/mplayer-0.11' make: *** [install] Error 2 debian:/tmp/mplayer-0.11# it happends also with other packages!!! how could i fix this? P.S. could u also xplain to me what is the difference between dh_make and deb-make? thanks Stefano