Hi,
I need to fix "dep5-copyright-license-name-not-unique" and "missing-
license-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright" for my package. Ref, https://
lintian.debian.org/maintainer/suntong...@users.sourceforge.net.html#dbab
but I really don't know how to fix them. E.g., I found one example of
fixing "dep
Hi,
What happens when I have *more than one* version uploaded to mentors,
then ftp master upload the package to the official Debian repo?
It happened to me twice, and twice had the older package appear in
official Debian repo, instead of my newly uploaded latest version.
Is it possible to del
Hi mentors,
All fixes are done and a new package is uploaded. Please sponsor it.
The respective dsc file can be found at:
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/h/histring/histring_1.1.1-1.dsc
Once again, here is the package information:
>> Dear mentors,
>>
>> Please sponsor for my newly
On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:30:04 +1100, Riley Baird wrote:
> Hi! I'm not a DD, so I can't sponsor your package, but here are some
> things that I've noticed...
Thanks for the review, I'll fix them all.
>>> * It may be a good idea to make releases as tarballs still, instead of
>>> just making Debian
Hi,
I have the following lintian tags that I want to override:
~~~
W: zh-autoconvert: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/autob5
W: zh-autoconvert: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/autogb
~~~
So in my debian/override file, I tried all of:
~~~
zh-autoconvert binary: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/aut
On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 10:53:59 +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
>> - the most simplified Makefile
>
> This is upstream stuff not Debian stuff...
> Ultimately you should have no patches because ...
If we can influence upstream, why don't we get their structure right at
the first place? If Debian can't in
Hi,
Is there a *simple* sample Debian package somewhere out there that show-
case most of the important Debian packaging aspects?
E.g., with a small C/C++ file, the sample package shows
- the latest standard of debian/rules file
- the most simplified Makefile
- how to build from ./configure
-
On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 08:09:30 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
>> +if HAVE_SYSTEMD
>
> Shouldn't that be
> ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
Thank you Norbert & Russ, with both of your helps, everything builds fine
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:00:56 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> Can you provide me a sample systemd service init file, that correspond
>> to init.d script please? I.e., the corresponding file for systemd to
>> replace /etc/init.d/service.
>
> Take a look at the lbcd package in Debian. It has an init
Thanks Riley, you've been extremely helpful.
On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 15:34:05 +1100, Riley Baird wrote:
> Looking at the gzip source, it seems that ...
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Hi,
What's the trick to have different programs use same man page when
packaging a Debian package?
E.g., say I'm packaging gzip, and I want both `man gzip` and `man gunzip`
goes to the same man file. How can I make it happen?
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:14:18 +1100, Riley Baird wrote:
> here are some things that I've noticed:
>
> [...]
All fixed.
> * d/docs is empty. You should include dbab.html.
You meant this?
echo 'dbab.html' > debian/docs
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Hi,
Can you provide me a sample systemd service init file, that correspond to
init.d script please? I.e., the corresponding file for systemd to
replace /etc/init.d/service.
My package have that /etc/init.d/service file, but I want to create one
for systemd as well. I am asking because I don'
Dear mentors,
I'd like to bring your attention again to dbab, the innovative dnsmasq-
based ad-blocker that will benefit most people. Here is my sales-pitch
again:
Ever want to remove Ads and speed up your (iphone/ipad) mobile device
browsing without installing any apps to them?
Sounds too good
On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 18:12:06 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:
>> > In the past, having a `debian/` directory upstream was a pain because
>> > we didn't have a proper way to remove a file if needed. Nowadays, it
>> > is perfectly fine if you use a 3.0 format.
>>
>> Fine in which way ?
>
> It's fine be
Hi,
I'm currently hosting my self-maintained Debian packages on GitHub. Here
is my dilemma:
- It is commonly recommended not to put the `debian` folder within the
source tree so as to make it easier for other distros.
- So I did. I did not put my `debian` folder within the source tree on
my
Thanks a lot Russ.
I found my problem happens to be more than that, I.e., I should deal with
"empty-binary-package" first. Once I got it properly build I see perl
shows up on the Depends line.
Depends: perl, dnsmasq, curl
Sorry about the noise.
Thanks again.
On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 18:29:52
On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 21:26:10 +0100, Stephen Kitt wrote:
>> My packages gives this warning:
>>
>> dpkg-gencontrol: warning: Depends field of package dbab: unknown
>> substitution variable ${perl:Depends}
>>
>> I am packaging Perl stuff, and I do use IO::Socket::INET in my code.
> If you
> thin
Hi,
My packages gives this warning:
dpkg-gencontrol: warning: Depends field of package dbab: unknown
substitution variable ${perl:Depends}
I am packaging Perl stuff, and I do use IO::Socket::INET in my code:
https://github.com/suntong001/dbab/blob/master/src/bin/dbab-svr
In https://lists.d
On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:14:13 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>> The source is at https://github.com/suntong001/histring/
>> it is *very* small.
> This package can't be built. You need to make sure you provide working
> examples when you ask for help, otherwise people will stop helping you
> quick
On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:10:10 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 02:28:34AM +0000, T o n g wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> My histring has this "binary file contents changed" error, how to fix
>> it?
>>
>> Here is the build log:
>&g
On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:11:42 +0100, Azazel wrote:
>> Just out of curiosity, the source package I uploaded,
>> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/h/histring/
histring_1.1.0-2.dsc
>> should be working according to your above principle, but why it is
>> failing?
>
> Because you weren't using
Hi,
My histring has this "binary file contents changed" error, how to fix it?
Here is the build log:
dpkg-source: info: using options from histring-1.1.0/debian/source/
options: --extend-diff-ignore=^Makefile$
fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh clean
dh_testdir
dh_auto_clean
On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:07:27 +0100, Azazel wrote:
> Now that you've raised the debhelper compat level from 5 to 9, dh should
> do the right thing. Just revert the changes in which you ripped out the
> auto-tooling, e.g.:
OMG, you are my hero Azazel! histring is the package that I want to take
u
Thanks for your response.
On Sun, 07 Sep 2014 16:55:14 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 08:56:50PM +0000, T o n g wrote:
>> Yes, that's the first thing I tried, but still get the "hardening-no-
>> relro" problem:
>> https://github
On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 14:03:10 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>> Please help me fix the lintian "hardening-no-relro" problem. As
>> mentioned before, I've tried several ways myself but none worked. I've
>> uploaded the source package to
>> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/h/histring/
his
[Re-try again as my previous question ended up as "Message not available"
in the mail archive]
Please help me fix the lintian "hardening-no-relro" problem. As mentioned
before, I've tried several ways myself but none worked. I've uploaded the
source package to
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/p
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:32:32 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:50:23AM +0000, T o n g wrote:
>> >> Please help me fix the lintian "hardening-no-relro" problem. My code
>> >> is at https://github.com/suntong001/histring (it is *very
On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:56:29 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>> Please help me fix the lintian "hardening-no-relro" problem. My code is
>> at https://github.com/suntong001/histring (it is *very* small).
> The proper way is just to bump debian/compat to 9.
>
>> I tried to ...
>> +DPKG_EXPORT_BU
hi,
Please help me fix the lintian "hardening-no-relro" problem. My code is at
https://github.com/suntong001/histring (it is *very* small).
I tried to fix it myself, using the method from
https://wiki.debian.org/Hardening
and https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/debian-bollin/
Ixk9usNsbKw/0eaJ
On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 04:06:16 +, T o n g wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:26:22 +0200, Ross Gammon wrote:
>
>>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 22:29:37 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>>>
>>>> dh_install(1) is a program, not a target.
>>>>
>>>
On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:26:22 +0200, Ross Gammon wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 22:29:37 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>>
>>> dh_install(1) is a program, not a target.
>>>
install -m 755 ddclient \ $(DESTDIR)/usr/sbin/ddclient
install -D -m 755 debian/ddclient.NetworkManager \
>
Hi,
Is it possible to separate gpg signing from package building?
As I'm still trying to learn Debian package building, I've found myself
fallen into this silly loop many times -- Thinking that the package would
be fine, I build it with gpg signing, but only to find out minutes later
that I
On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 22:29:37 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> dh_install(1) is a program, not a target.
>
>> install -m 755 ddclient \
>>$(DESTDIR)/usr/sbin/ddclient
>>
>> install -D -m 755 debian/ddclient.NetworkManager \
>>$(DESTDIR)/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/
On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 18:18:21 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>> I saw in the log,
>>
>>...
>>dh_installdirs
>> debian/rules override_dh_auto_install
>> make[1]: Entering directory '/export/build/pkg/ddclient/bld/
>> ddclient-3.8.2'
>> install -m 755 ddclient \
>> /usr/sbin/ddclient
>
On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 18:19:08 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>> I used the `dh_make` to create a new rules file, but found that what I
>> want to install are not in the final package.
>>
>> Here is what the old rules file looks like:
>>
>> install: build
>> dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_clean
On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 12:02:05 +0200, Ross Gammon wrote:
>>> I'm wondering if there is a central place that I can search for all
>>> Debian change logs for all packages, to see if the same lintian
>>> problem I'm having now have been dealt with before, and also see how
>>> exactly those lintian prob
Hi,
What's that '-i' is for in the 'debuild -i' command?
I was looking for it in debuild & dpkg-buildpackage man pages but still
wasn't sure what it is for.
The actual whole command I use is:
debuild -i -us -uc -b
I found that if I use -i I will get the following problems, whereas if -i
Hi,
I'm wondering if there is a central place that I can search for all Debian
change logs for all packages, to see if the same lintian problem I'm
having now have been dealt with before, and also see how exactly those
lintian problems are fixed.
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> I think this warning hide another problem with your modifications is
> that the SCRIPTSCOMMON tag doesn't get extended anymore. Ensure that
> dh_installscripts-common is still executed.
Ah, you are right.
script -c "debuild -i -us -uc
On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 13:23:16 +, T o n g wrote:
> override_dh_auto_install:
> install -m 755 ddclient \
> $(DESTDIR)/usr/sbin/ddclient
>
> install -D -m 755 debian/ddclient.NetworkManager \
> $(
)/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/50-ddclient
>
On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 13:14:23 +, T o n g wrote:
>>> # main packaging script based on dh7 syntax %:
>>> dh $@
>>>
>>> override_dh_auto_install:
>>> install -m 755 ddclient \
>>> $(DESTDIR)/usr/sbin/ddclient
>&g
On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 09:27:32 +0200, Vincent Bernat wrote:
>> # main packaging script based on dh7 syntax %:
>> dh $@
>>
>> override_dh_auto_install:
>> install -m 755 ddclient \
>>$(DESTDIR)/usr/sbin/ddclient
>>
>> install -D -m 755 debian/ddclient.NetworkManager \
>>
Hi,
Do I need to care about the lintian problems from the binary package that
I maintain/build?
For the following problems, I have no idea where they come from:
N: Processing binary package ddclient (version 3.8.2-1, arch all) ...
W: ddclient: using-imperative-form-in-templates ddclient/fetc
Hi,
I used the `dh_make` to create a new rules file, but found that what I
want to install are not in the final package.
Here is what the old rules file looks like:
install: build
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_clean -k
dh_installdirs
install -m 755 ddclien
Hi,
How can I do a git shallow clone from Debian anonscm git?
The project I want to clone is
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/ddclient.git;a=summary
in the package's description, the git url is
git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/ddclient.git
Thus, I tried "git clone --de
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 07:34:20 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
>>> $ lintian -EviIL +pedantic --color auto --display-experimental
>>> ../*.dsc
>>> [...]
>>> I.e., when I invoke lintian manually, I didn't see problems reported
>>> by debuild.
>>
>> Lintian can check both source packages (*.dsc) or bin
Hi,
I'm having problem using lintian.
This was my previous question:
On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:49:31 -0500, Tong wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Eriberto
> wrote:
>> You have a lintian message yet:
>>
>> I: shc: spelling-error-in-manpage usr/share/man/man1/shc.1.gz comand
>> command
>>
On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 18:39:23 -0500, Stephen M. Webb wrote:
>> How can I make sure my building environment is at compat level 9?
>
>>From he debhelper(7) manpage:
>
> Tell debhelper what compatibility level to use by writing a number to
> debian/compat. For example, to turn on v9 mode:
>
>
On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 17:22:49 -0500, Stephen M. Webb wrote:
> The instructions available on the web are for older versions of the
> build infrastructure. The debhelper(7) manual page does mention
> dpkg-buildflags flags are passed through at compat level 9, but it isn't
> necessarily obvious what
Hi,
> "pkg-has-shlibs-control-file-but-no-actual-shared-libs is sometimes
triggered for packages with a private shared library due to a bug in
Debhelper"
That seems to have bitten me.
E: zh-autoconvert: pkg-has-shlibs-control-file-but-no-actual-shared-libs
W: zh-autoconvert: postinst-has-u
Thanks.
On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 11:34:10 -0500, Stephen M. Webb wrote:
>> W: zh-autoconvert: hardening-no-relro usr/bin/autogb
>
> To fix this one, you need to add $CPPFLAGS and $LDFLAGS to your linker
> command line in your Makefile.
And add the following at the top of the Makefile as well:
# use
On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:20:57 -0500, Tong Sun wrote:
> Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal
>
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am packing "The Best Ad Blocking Method"[1] into a Debian package
> and am
> looking for a sponsor for my package "dbab", which starts with
> reviewing it first.
>
On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:29:18 -0600, Michael Shuler wrote:
> Prior to sending additional emails - make sure your build actually
> works.
Oh I'm terribly sorry. Will do...
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On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 22:02:00 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
> I guess (without having it confirmed) that your package has a "native"
> version (i.e. without a "dash"). For 3.0 (quilt) packages your package
> must have a non-native version (e.g. 1.0.1-1).
BINGO. Thanks
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On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:44:33 -0600, Michael Shuler wrote:
> 1) incomplete source and debian packaging (symlinked to nowhere)
> 2) native package (version 1.0.1 and debian/ dir should be separate from
> upstream source)
Hi everyone,
I've just uploaded a new version which should have fixed both i
Hi,
What's the cause (and fix) of the following error?
dpkg-source -b dbab-1.0.1
dpkg-source: error: can't build with source format '3.0 (quilt)':
version does not contain a revision
dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source -b dbab-1.0.1 gave error exit
status 255
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Hi,
I'm trying to convert zh-autoconvert from pre-dh to using the dh for the
making.
I don't know how to fix the following problems:
W: zh-autoconvert: hardening-no-relro usr/bin/autogb
E: zh-autoconvert: pkg-has-shlibs-control-file-but-no-actual-shared-libs
W: zh-autoconvert: postinst-has-use
Thank you Michael for your review.
On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:44:33 -0600, Michael Shuler wrote:
> 1) incomplete source and debian packaging (symlinked to nowhere)
OK. didn't know that when I was using lndir. Easy fix.
> 2) native package (version 1.0.1 and debian/ dir should be separate from
> u
On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 14:59:42 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Usually I . . .
Thanks, as always!
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Hi,
If I take a simple file (BSD-licensed), (greatly) improved it, and
include it in my package. How should I handle the situation?
- I should claim that the author of the new file is me, right?
- I should inherit the BSD-licensed, right?
- How to express that the new file was based on another
On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 11:44:28 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> You're building multiple binary packages from the same source package.
> This means that the Debian package build infrastructure has no inherent
> way of determining which files go into which package. You have to tell
> it explicitly.
Ext
Hi,
I am doing test build of my binary package, and I get the following
warnings.
W: zh-autoconvert: empty-binary-package
I checked and it *is* empty, only containing copyright and changelog,
nothing else. I don't know why because it looks like the installation was
fine.
I've post the bui
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 21:00:18 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> There have been several replies to this, but none of them quite tell you
> exactly what to do, so let me take a stab at that.
>
> First, dh_installdirs is not actually useful for solving this particular
> problem . . .
Thank you, thank y
On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 00:23:42 +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote:
>> Is it possible to alter the following `debian/rules` file so that it
>> plays nicely with such upstream Makefiles?
>
> Yes. You want to use dh_installdirs(1). I suggest you read its manpage.
> Mind you, you won't need to touch debian/rule
Hi,
Is it possible to have a generic debian/rules that creates directories?
The upstream Makefiles was not designed to install into $DESTDIR but
to /, so it assumes /usr/bin exists, while that creates problems for me:
install -s -m 755 autogb /export/build/zh-autoconvert/bld/zh-
autoconvert-
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 20:54:40 +, T o n g wrote:
> I'm trying to manually converted my packages to 3.0 (quilt) source
> format,
> and have gone so far as made dpkg-source recognize my efforts,
Having read https://wiki.debian.org/UsingQuilt over 3 to 5 times, and
starting from s
Hi,
I'm trying to manually converted my packages to 3.0 (quilt) source
format, and have gone so far as made dpkg-source recognize my efforts,
with some minor issues:
dpkg-source -b zh-autoconvert-0.3.16
dpkg-source: info: using source format `3.0 (quilt)'
dpkg-source: info: building zh-
On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 10:20:50 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
>In the particular case, not much. libunwind is somewhat a special case...
Thanks a lot for your detailed explanation Niels!
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Hi,
I want to adopt the par2cmdline package, but on its QA page,
http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/par2cmdline.html
it says,
,-
| "This package is part of the ongoing testing transition known as
| auto-libunwind. Please avoid uploads unrelated to this
| transition, they would likely delay it
Hi,
I know that the best command options parser is the GNU getopt(3)
routines. I know that the GNU has a wrapper to generate C code around the
GNU getopt(3) routines -- the http://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt/.
However, that wrapper, gengetopt, is dated and lacks of maintenance now.
It is
Hello all,
Could I get a packaging review for my newly adopted/built package
please?
The zh-autoconvert, Chinese encodings auto-converter, was orphaned more
than two years ago. Lintian reports 6 errors and 34 warnings about this
package (http://lintian.debian.org/maintainer/y...@debian.org
Hi,
dh-make-perl is good to turn a CPAN module into Debian package.
However, it is still not clear to me how to maintain such built source
packages. Having fine-tuned all the control files under debian/ folder,
how can I make the changes to the new upstream release?
My upstream don't have g
Hi,
How to build to Debian source packages from Perl modules that have
(alien) dependencies? I.e., the dependencies are not exist yet.
- Can I specify multiple Perl modules to cpan2dsc/dh-make-perl?
- Or should I build the dependencies into binary packages and install
them first?
- Or should
On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 03:28:14 +, T o n g wrote:
> Well, I'll try building it outside docker...
building it outside docker is fine. So, will look into the problem
sometimes later...
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Thanks A LOT for the swift response.
On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 11:09:14 +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
>> - dpkg-source: error: cannot write /tmp/temp-lintian-lab-...
>
> Something is wrong with your /tmp directory. It is probably either full
> or has incorrect permissions.
I suspect it has something to do
Hi,
I get some strange build error
- dpkg-source: error: cannot write /tmp/temp-lintian-lab-...
- unknown substitution variable ${shlibs:Depends}
Here are the details:
$ debuild -us -uc
[ . . . ]
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 file/dbab.list- /export/build/dbab/git/
dbab-1.0.1/debian/dbab/etc
On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 10:20:57 +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> Only that the Makefile doesn't create a directory for it and assumes
> that it exists already.
Ahhh!!!
THANKS!
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On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 09:19:37 +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> Don't symlink the manual page, that isn't useful at all. Just ignore the
> warning until you or upstream have written a useful manual page.
OK. will do.
>> $(INSTALL) -m 644 file/dbab.addr $(etcdir)
>
> This command installs the fi
Thanks a lot Robert for your comprehensive help. I found your
https://github.com/ramses0/xscreensaver-pi-hdmi/
an excellent example for me to follow as well.
Now,
On Sun, 01 Dec 2013 13:04:19 -0800, Robert Ames wrote:
>> I want to pack a simple perl script
>> (http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net
Hi,
I want to pack a simple perl script (http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net/
files/pixelserv.pl.txt) as a package, but need your help.
I've checked out the
Debian Perl Policy
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/
and believe the script is fine.
But I don't know if there
Hi,
Last time I posted about that Docker being the best tool for developing
Debian/Ubuntu packages [1]. If you missed it, here is the recap:
- The reason Docker being the best tool for developing Debian/Ubuntu
packages is that, it gives you isolated pure & pristine environments to
build packa
Hi,
How to determine build dependencies?
I was using 'dpkg-depcheck -d ./configure ...', but that seems to have
included much more than necessary.
For example for emacs, using motif instead of gtk3, I get [1], but I
don't think x11proto-randr-dev, libxinerama-dev, libxrandr-dev, libgl1-
mes
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:05:45 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> All usr/bin/ files have been successfully generated under
>> debian/glimpse/ usr/bin. Should I change all 'usr' to
>> 'debian/glimpse/usr' without knowing why, or there is more proper way
>> to fix it?
>
> It looks like you're installing
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:11:53 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Upstream doesn't appear to support DESTDIR in their build system and is
> just trying to install things directly under prefix. You can possibly
> work around this by setting prefix to $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp, but this
> really should be fixed
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:14:48 +0100, Dominik George wrote:
>> I took a look at the good build, which is glimpse-4.18.5, and I see:
>>
>> for d in glimpse.1 glimpseindex.1 glimpseserver.1 ; do \
>> /usr/bin/install -c -m 444 $d
>> /export/build/glimpse/bld/
>> glimps
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:40:46 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>> >> for d in glimpse.1 glimpseindex.1 glimpseserver.1 ; do \
>> >> /usr/bin/install -c -m 444 $d /usr/share/man/man1 ; \
>> >> done
>> >
>> > Obviously, that should be ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1 .
Hmm... I don't know
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:21:11 +0100, Dominik George wrote:
>> for d in glimpse.1 glimpseindex.1 glimpseserver.1 ; do \
>> /usr/bin/install -c -m 444 $d /usr/share/man/man1 ; \
>> done
>
> Obviously, that should be ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1 .
So given the rules file posted in
Hi,
The package that I'm planning to maintain gives me the following error at
the end of the build:
for d in glimpse.1 glimpseindex.1 glimpseserver.1 ; do \
/usr/bin/install -c -m 444 $d /usr/share/man/man1 ; \
done
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/shar
On Sun, 10 Nov 2013 19:36:16 -0500, Paul Tagliamonte wrote:
>> I found that Docker is the best tool for developing Debian/Ubuntu
>> packages, but seems no one has talked about it in Debian world
>
> In fact, I have. I've got a few tools brewing for Debian that use
> Docker. I've got it packaged a
Hi,
I found that Docker is the best tool for developing Debian/Ubuntu
packages, but seems no one has talked about it in Debian world. So here
is mine [1].
[1]
http://sfxpt.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/debianubuntu-package-developing-
with-docker/
If you build your packages with pbuilder, then you
Hi,
The package that I want to pick up has a status:
"The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian
Policy (Standards-Version 3.9.4 instead of 3.8.3)".
I never knew the details of Debian Policy before, but did try to read the
policy from 3.8.4 to 3.9.4, and find it a rat
On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 12:21:26 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
> There is probably more to fix, but I spent enough time already
Thanks a lot Paul for your detailed explanations. I'll look into them one
by one.
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On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 18:17:20 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
> I think these are the changes to the debian/rules in your mind, right?
>>
>> [ . . . ]
>
> Pretty close. . .
Thanks a lot again Paul for all the helps you gave.
My sponsor request has been sitting there for a while,
http://bugs.debian
On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 08:26:48 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
>>> line, I put them there because I want to fix the following lintian
>>> issues:
>>>
>>> W: libpam-ssh-agent-auth source: debian-rules-missing-recommended-
>>> target build-arch
>>> W: libpam-ssh-agent-auth source: debian-rules-missing-r
On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 03:11:46 +, T o n g wrote:
>>> Did you try to build debian binary package from there?
>>
>> So please tell me what you mean with this sentence, I just don't know
>> what you mean.
>
> build debian binary package from the source pa
On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 21:57:14 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
- I then build the upstream into *source package* with 'debuild -S
-sa',
and then build the binary debian package *from this source package*.
The binary package built this way is however empty.
>>>
>>> So how do you do the
On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:38:49 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
> On 19-07-13 05:13, T o n g wrote:
>> As said in OP,
>
> Which I don't have anymore, so indeed please repeat it if you want my
> help.
It was still included in the message that I previously replied.
>> - I un
On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 21:17:49 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
> On 17-07-13 20:30, Tong Sun wrote:
>>
>>
>> Re: Empty binary package
>>
>>
>>> I'm wondering why the binary package built from my source package is
>>> empty.
Here is what I've discovered so far:
- If I unpack the ups
On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 23:19:10 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>> If they provide a debian directory, that means to me that they have
>> done their best to make sure their software can at least be packed into
>> a Debian binary package in the limited Debian environment that they
>> choose to test.
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