Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-18 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 09:53:45AM -0400, Ben Armstrong wrote: > Debian source package trees (again, either native or non-native) can build & > install by "make all && make install" provided the Debian maintainer has not > "tainted" the Makefiles with code that will only give sensible results when

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-18 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 12:22:42AM +0500, Victor Porton wrote: > Well, what about these native packages? They only differ in the form of the source package, not the mechanism by which they are built. > Do, I understand correctly that for native packages the installation > directories are 'fictiv

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-18 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 09:53:45AM -0400, Ben Armstrong wrote: > Debian source package trees (again, either native or non-native) can build & > install by "make all && make install" provided the Debian maintainer has not > "tainted" the Makefiles with code that will only give sensible results when

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-18 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 12:22:42AM +0500, Victor Porton wrote: > Well, what about these native packages? They only differ in the form of the source package, not the mechanism by which they are built. > Do, I understand correctly that for native packages the installation > directories are 'ficti

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-17 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 12:22:42AM +0500, Victor Porton wrote: > Well, what about these native packages? Well, they are totally normal in every respect. Only they already have all the information (i.e. a full uptodate debian/-dir) needed to build them without a Debian specific patch. It's general

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-17 Thread Victor Porton
> Not quite. Source packages typically consist of an original tarball, a > .diff, and a .dsc (unless it is a native package, which doesn't have > a .diff). Well, what about these native packages? Do, I understand correctly that for native packages the installation directories are 'fictive' (to

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-17 Thread Warren Turkal
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Craig, could you please describe more fully what you want to do? Are you trying to take a precompiled program (like distributed-net) and package it for use or are you compiling the program and only want binary packages available? - -- Warren GPG F

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 09:21:11AM -0500, Craig wrote: > Here's what i'm trying to do: > > * Create a .DEB that contains only 2 simple binaries, plus a couple of > dependencies. (i'll have another package, tar ball for right now, for the > source code). Is this for your personal use, or is it

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-17 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 12:22:42AM +0500, Victor Porton wrote: > Well, what about these native packages? Well, they are totally normal in every respect. Only they already have all the information (i.e. a full uptodate debian/-dir) needed to build them without a Debian specific patch. It's genera

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-17 Thread Victor Porton
> Not quite. Source packages typically consist of an original tarball, a > .diff, and a .dsc (unless it is a native package, which doesn't have > a .diff). Well, what about these native packages? Do, I understand correctly that for native packages the installation directories are 'fictive' (to

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-17 Thread Warren Turkal
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Craig, could you please describe more fully what you want to do? Are you trying to take a precompiled program (like distributed-net) and package it for use or are you compiling the program and only want binary packages available? - -- Warren GPG

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 09:21:11AM -0500, Craig wrote: > Here's what i'm trying to do: > > * Create a .DEB that contains only 2 simple binaries, plus a couple of > dependencies. (i'll have another package, tar ball for right now, for the > source code). Is this for your personal use, or is i

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-17 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 09:21:11AM -0500, Craig wrote: > > Hi all, > Here's what i'm trying to do: > > * Create a .DEB that contains only 2 simple binaries, plus a couple of > dependencies. (i'll have another package, tar ball for right now, for the > source code). Deb packages contain binari

Re: Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-17 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 09:21:11AM -0500, Craig wrote: > > Hi all, > Here's what i'm trying to do: > > * Create a .DEB that contains only 2 simple binaries, plus a couple of > dependencies. (i'll have another package, tar ball for right now, for the > source code). Deb packages contain binar

Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-17 Thread Craig
Hi all, Here's what i'm trying to do: * Create a .DEB that contains only 2 simple binaries, plus a couple of dependencies. (i'll have another package, tar ball for right now, for the source code). Can that be done? You don't *REQUIRE* the source code to be in the .deb, do you? Or is that ho

Easy way to create a binary-only .DEB??

2002-02-17 Thread Craig
Hi all, Here's what i'm trying to do: * Create a .DEB that contains only 2 simple binaries, plus a couple of dependencies. (i'll have another package, tar ball for right now, for the source code). Can that be done? You don't *REQUIRE* the source code to be in the .deb, do you? Or is that h