Cant build a simple package.
[ I already posted this to debian-dev, they told me here was the right place. I really need help to learn building debian packages ] Hello, I'm learning making debian packages. I choosed to learn on a very simple software: minimalist. Installing it from source is just about copying a single file (minimalist.pl) into /usr/bin and then copying its conf file into /etc/minimalist.conf I get the error message you can see at the bottom of this post. I dont understand it. Would you help me? Especially where to tell the package builder not to use 'debian/minimalist/DEBIAN/control' but 'debian/control' ? In my rules file, I have: = #!/usr/bin/make -f export DH_VERBOSE=1 configure: build: clean: install: dh_testdir cp minimalist.pl $(CURDIR)/debian/minimalist binary-indep: binary-arch: dh_builddeb binary: binary-indep binary-arch .PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install The error output of the command 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot' (wich is run at the top source directory): === [...] debian/rules build debian/rules build fakeroot debian/rules binary fakeroot debian/rules binary dpkg-deb: failed to open package info file `debian/minimalist/DEBIAN/control' for reading: No such file or directory dpkg-deb: failed to open package info file `debian/minimalist/DEBIAN/control' for reading: No such file or directory dh_builddeb: command returned error code 512 make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1 dh_builddeb: command returned error code 512 make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1 -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours. Tél : 02 38 76 43 65 (France)
Re: Cant build a simple package.
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 08:46 -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > I choosed to learn on a very simple software: minimalist. > That's okay; in fact its one of the best ways I know of to learn about > something new. :-) > > Especially where to tell the package builder not to use > > 'debian/minimalist/DEBIAN/control' but 'debian/control' ? > DEBIAN/control is created from debian/control (and probably others). > The former is specific to the given build (Arch: i386) whereas the > latter is for the source (Arch: any). If it had been created by dh_make, why wouldn't it find it? > > cp minimalist.pl $(CURDIR)/debian/minimalist > You probably mean $(CURDIR)/debian/usr/bin/ I read (http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-modify.en.html) section 3.1 : [...] Therefore you need to do something else: install the program into a temporary subdirectory from which the maintainer tools will build a working .deb package This temporary directory is usually created under your debian/ directory in the unpacked source tree. It is usually called debian/tmp or debian/packagename. [...] And I followed what was suggested by the auto-generated 'rules' file... -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours. Tél : 02 38 76 43 65 (France)
Re: Cant build a simple package.
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 16:35 +, David Given wrote: > On Thursday 06 January 2005 09:17, Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina wrote > > I'm learning making debian packages. > > I choosed to learn on a very simple software: minimalist. > Are you aware that minimalist has already been packaged? Yes. I looked for some simple softwares to learn on. I had the choice to package "flumotion" too, but it is a bit complicated for me. Please help me on this simple case first. Then I will package some other non packaged softwares. -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours. Tél : 02 38 76 43 65 (France)
Re: Cant build a simple package.
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 17:50 +0100, Nico Golde wrote: > please do not cross post on debian-devel. -devel isnt the > right list. I did not: - I asked on -devel. - They told me it was the wrong place - I had to re-post. Crossposting would have been "posting at -mentors & -devel at the same time". I do apologize for annoyance. -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours. Tél : 02 38 76 43 65 (France)
Re: Cant build a simple package.
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 11:20 -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > If it had been created by dh_make, why wouldn't it find it? > Its not created by dh_make. dh_make just creates some template files > in ./debian/ (many of which are usually deleted). All of them need to > be edited to be useful. I edited them, but I left them into ./debian. > dh_installdeb creates stuff in ./DEBIAN/, So I have to mention dh_installdeb somewhere into the 'rules' file? Where do you suggest to? > and dh_builddeb builds a > .deb out of it. Read the manpages for all the dh_* programs in > dh_makes's default ./debian/rules Too much manpage reading kills the manpage reading. I'm Ok about reading docs, and I read it. You have the proof i did not understand it well. But knowledge is also about experimentation, that's what I do now :-). -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours. Tél : 02 38 76 43 65 (France)
Re: Cant build a simple package.
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 13:42 -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > http://www.ibiblio.org/... Yes! I had to 'mkdir ./debian/DEBIAN' manually. :-) Anyway, manually creating ".debian/DEBIAN" is not clearly mentionned in tha Debian new Maintainer guide. -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours. Tél : 02 38 76 43 65 (France)
after the new maintenainer guide
Hello, I would like to learn building multiple binaries package and libraries. As well as the Debian maintainer guide just covers single binary package and no library, I would like your advices on any document teaching what I want to learn. Also, I want to learn recompiling php and apache from debian official source packages, and I dont know yet how to. Thank you for your help :-) -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours (France). Tél : 02 34 08 26 04 / 06 33 26 13 14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: after the new maintenainer guide
On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 14:37 -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > You should read the Library Packaging Guide [0] Thanks, I will. > apt-get -b source will always work; or use debian/rules binary, or > dpkg-buildpackage, or debuild, etc. The goal is to : 1rst - fetch the package source and unpack it 2nd - modify the rules (most of the modification are about the "configure" options) 3rd - build it. I just miss how to perform the "1rst" . The "2nd" and the "3rd" are Ok... -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours (France). Tél : 02 34 08 26 04 / 06 33 26 13 14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: after the new maintenainer guide
On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 17:34 -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > Do you now understand? No. But dont anger please:-) > You said you wanted to compile apache and php. Yes. > Why? And why do you need to modify the rules? I guess you want some > special ./configure --options? Yes, I need special ./configure --options. They are specified in the rules file. Apache is a daemon, the debian new maintainer guide does not cover building daemons package. I'm looking for some document covering that. I also want to try to make debian packages for libtheora and mldonkey on _sparc_ so I need to know how to recompile library. All of these are existents packages for x86, I just need to make some changes to the packages source to port them to another architecture. But before, I need to fetch the package source, and spread/unpack it in a directory to modify the desc file and so on... -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours (France). Tél : 02 34 08 26 04 / 06 33 26 13 14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: after the new maintenainer guide
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 01:44 +0200, Shaul Karl wrote: > apt-get source pkg Yes! I found this: http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/debian-howto/build-source.html -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours (France). Tél : 02 34 08 26 04 / 06 33 26 13 14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fetch souce packages
Hello, I have a sparc box I want to recompile some packages only available for x86 to make packages for sparc. If I just try to fetch the source package with 'apt-get source package_name' from the sparc it doesn't work, because the package is not available for sparc. Is the only solution to go to packages.debian.org and manually fetch the sources for x86? -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours (France). Tél : 02 34 08 26 04 / 06 33 26 13 14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetch souce packages
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 12:31 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > may be that you don't have any applicable apt-src > lines in your sources.list. here is the content of my sparc sources.list: deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main that's all? is it wrong ? -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours (France). Tél : 02 34 08 26 04 / 06 33 26 13 14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetch souce packages
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 11:56 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > stating the package name would allow others to reproduce the expriment No worth. I'm dumb-ass. The packages I wanted to fetch are: - qmailadmin (wich is not a 'main' nor 'free') - mldonkey (wich is at unstable) so I need to use a more complicated source.list first to grab thesources of those packages. -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours (France). Tél : 02 34 08 26 04 / 06 33 26 13 14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetch souce packages
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 10:42 +0100, Sjoerd Simons wrote: > What makes me wonder more is what package is usefull on sparc, but not > available > as a binary package for it.. The mldonkey one. Just the GUI for controlling the remote server. I have one server, an x86, far from home (in a datacenter). Home, I have two sparcs. I want to control the running mldonkey server with the sparc. The GUI (mlgui) is bundled with the same package as the server, so that I must install them. The problem is my sparcs are "testing" . The mldonkey package has been kicked from "testing" it's now at unstable. The mldonkey program is written in caml, and I need to build several libs related to Caml and Caml/GTK... -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours (France). Tél : 02 34 08 26 04 / 06 33 26 13 14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
emacs mode for package builders
Hello. I wonder if there would be an emacs mode just for syntax coloration. I learn to build debian packages but all is black & white on my screen and it misses colors. Would you know if it exists? -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours (France). Tél : 02 34 08 26 04 / 06 33 26 13 14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re generate a "rules" file
Hello. I did not make a backup copy of my "rules" file, and I edited it like a pig. I would like to do it again but with a clean "rules" file. I would like to re-generate the "rules" file. How to? -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours (France). Tél : 02 34 08 26 04 / 06 33 26 13 14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DESTDIR and .conf file
Hello, I'm still learning to build debian package. Following the Debian New Maintainer's guide. There are two things I dont understand: 1 ) --- I want that once the binary package is installed, the file 'minimalist.pl' is into '/usr/bin'. To do so, I put these in the install section of my "rules" file: install: build dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_clean -k dh_installdirs cp minimalist.pl debian/minimalist/usr/bin Is it right? Where should I specify i want it into '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin', whatever... ? There's no makefile for this software. It's just about copying one file into the path. 2 ) To install the configuration file, I append to what I written (in the "install" section yet: cp minimalist.conf-sample debian/minimalist/etc/minimalist.conf I had to append 'etc' into the 'dirs' file. Is it right ? PS: I do know there is a minimalist package. I just do it to learn. -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours (France). Tél : 02 34 08 26 04 / 06 33 26 13 14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what's a sponsor ?
Hello, I saw a flow of "RFS:" messages. Does RFS mean Request For Sponsor? What's that? What is it about? I dont understand... Searching "debian sponsor" on google did not give the answer... -- Get a fully managed dedicated server for ¤200/month ($257/month) No time limit for taking care of your server. You keep the "root" acces if you want. Billing periods are 3 months. See the conditions at http://aspo.rktmb.org/activities/managed_servers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
how to know the architecture ?
Hello, When I build a debian package, and I fill the dsc file: How would I know the binary will run on all architectures or will only run on some? Because, for example, I have some x86 and sparc64 home, and there is an XFCE package both for x86 and for sparc. If I take a look at the source.list file, there is no mention of the arch. - Where does apt look for the architecture to download for? - How will I know, when I build a package, that the binary will be arch specific? (Because I need to correctly fill the "Architecture:" field in the dsc file!) If I build it on a x86, and if I dont know, have I to suppose it's x86 specific and wait for some others to compile it on some other arches to declare it "all arches" ? -- Get a fully managed dedicated server for ¤200/month ($257/month) No time limit for taking care of your server. You keep the "root" acces if you want. Billing periods are 3 months. See the conditions at http://aspo.rktmb.org/activities/managed_servers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
