packaging scripts

Hello, I have an application which is just a set of bash scripts and documentation. I want to create a debian package for them, but am not sure how the rules file should look since there is no build step necessary. Any info would be appreciated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ..

application with no clean in makefile

Hello, I am wanting to package an application, however, I noticed that the Makefile has no clean or distclean target. What is the best way to handle this situation? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

pulling packages from multiple releases

Hello, As a maintainer of a LiveCD, I have built the cd based on lenny 5.0.2, and want to stay with that as my base system, however, there are several packages I would like to be able to pull from sid/squeeze. I realize these are not "stable" packages, but they are stable enough for my purposes

personal debian package repository

Hello, This may seem like an odd question, but I am working on some debian packages, and would like to put them onto a personal package repository so that I can include them in a liveCD I maintain. Is there somewhere I can create/maintain such a repository without putting these packages into t

packager tools

Hi, In the process of reading the webapps-policy manual, I got to the last page where a couple of tools were refferenced. Namely debconf-common and webapps-common. I looked using aptitude and couldn't find anything that looks like webapps-common in the lenny or squeeze repositories. What is t

newbie: creating a package for web application

Hello, I am just getting started with creating debian packages, and the first package I am working on is a web-based application. I have the tarball, and have extracted it into a directory on my lenny system. I ran dh_make and have a generic debian directory. My problem comes in, that this pack