-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 23:02 -0400, Ken Heard wrote: > John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> With your amended instructions I got as far as here, but the following > command confuses me. > >>>> cd gnucash-2.2.9 > As this directory does not exist it is impossible to change to it. >> It has been a while since I've done this but, after you untar the >> gnucash-2.2.9.tar.bz2, don't you have a gnucash-2.2.9 directory into >> which we are now going to copy the debian folder from 2.2.6 so we can >> build it into a Debian package? Yes, it did create directory /download/gnucash/gnucash-2.2.9. I should have known enough to look before asking the question. >>>> cp -r ../../gnucash-2.2.6/gnucash-2.2.6/debian ./ >>>> cd debian >>>> The changelog is more than information; it is critical for debuild >>>> processing. >>>> Add something similar to the following at the top (the syntax is very >>>> fussy) >>>> gnucash (2.2.9-0) stable; urgency=high >>>> * 2.2.6 segfaults with libglib from lenny-backports >>>> -- John Sullivan <myn...@mycompany.com> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:18:00 -0500 Done. >>>> Edit the control file and edit the two Replaces lines so they read: >>>> Replaces: gnucash-common (<< 2.2.6-3) >>>> Replaces: gnucash (<< 2.2.6-3) Done, but with 2.2.6-2, as it is the -2 versions which are in my box. >>>> Edit the files file so it reads: >>>> gnucash-common_2.2.9-0_all.deb gnome optional >>>> gnucash_2.2.9-0_amd64.deb gnome optional In directory /download/gnucash/guncash-2.2.9/debian there is no files file. Should I create it with only those two lines, before running the final steps? >>>> debuild will complain about the -0 but I do not want to give it -1 in case >>>> the real 2.2.9 package is -1 when it is released. >>>> cd .. >>>> debuild -us -uc >>>> cd .. >>>> The two .deb files should be in this directory and can be installed where >>>> needed >>>> Any corrections to the process are welcome as I am by no means an >>>> expert. Hope this helps - John Regards, Ken Heard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkw3LYAACgkQlNlJzOkJmTcYzgCeNDUwyaowQlB2kU1bA8ZfjRjF GZYAn3iWb+xHEG7HpMcLLgh/Sy97hDUf =r7/m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c372d81.4040...@heard.name