Re: Question about a file inside debian directory

2018-12-09 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 09:22:34PM +0100, Jose G. López wrote: > On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 16:37:27 +0500 > Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 11:59:16AM +0100, Jose G. López wrote: > > > Well my problem is that upstream's software is intended to build just > > > an executable and

Re: Question about a file inside debian directory

2018-12-09 Thread Jose G. López
On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 16:37:27 +0500 Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 11:59:16AM +0100, Jose G. López wrote: > > Well my problem is that upstream's software is intended to build just > > an executable and I'm building a shared library. > This is even more important problem. Are

Re: Question about a file inside debian directory

2018-12-07 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 11:35:52AM +0100, Jose G. López wrote: > Dear mentors, > > Is it permitted by the Debian Policy to have a personalized makefile inside > debian > directory and call it from rules file? Or I should patch the upstream's > makefile completly? There's also a third way: as

Re: Question about a file inside debian directory

2018-12-07 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 11:59:16AM +0100, Jose G. López wrote: > Well my problem is that upstream's software is intended to build just > an executable and I'm building a shared library. This is even more important problem. Are you sure you can do it properly? -- WBR, wRAR signature.asc

Re: Question about a file inside debian directory

2018-12-07 Thread Jose G. López
On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:43:26 + Mo Zhou wrote: > Hi Jose, > > If you think writting a new makefile is better than patching the > upstream build system, please go ahead. However, having to write a > makefiles by oneself often signifies problematic upstream. > > On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 15:40:17

Re: Question about a file inside debian directory

2018-12-07 Thread Mo Zhou
Hi Jose, If you think writting a new makefile is better than patching the upstream build system, please go ahead. However, having to write a makefiles by oneself often signifies problematic upstream. On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 11:35:52AM +0100, Jose G. López wrote: > Dear mentors, > > Is it

Re: Question about a file inside debian directory

2018-12-07 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 11:35:52AM +0100, Jose G. López wrote: > Dear mentors, > > Is it permitted by the Debian Policy to have a personalized makefile inside > debian > directory and call it from rules file? Or I should patch the upstream's > makefile completly? > > I'm packaging fathom[0][1]

Question about a file inside debian directory

2018-12-07 Thread Jose G. López
Dear mentors, Is it permitted by the Debian Policy to have a personalized makefile inside debian directory and call it from rules file? Or I should patch the upstream's makefile completly? I'm packaging fathom[0][1] and can't find an answer. Thanks and sorry if the answer is obvious. Regards,