On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 12:19:42AM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > >That's a ... convoluted (and wrong) way to extract a source package. > >Remove that gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig directory, and try this instead: > > > > dpkg-source -x gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.dsc > > I thought there was an easier way! So i tried: > > ~/SRC/GTK2: dpkg-source -x gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.dsc > > dpkg-source: extracting gtk+2.0 in gtk+2.0-2.2.1 > > ~/SRC/GTK2: ls > > gtk+2.0-2.2.1 gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.diff.gz gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.dsc > gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig.tar.gz > > ~/SRC/GTK2: dpkg-source -b gtk+2.0-2.2.1 > > dpkg-source: building gtk+2.0 using existing gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig.tar.gz > dpkg-source: failure: md5sum gave bogus output `' > > Should this step generate a .deb file?
No. At this point you should not use dpkg-source, but 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us' or similar (or debuild from the devscripts package, which is less typing). Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]