Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-11 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Jeremiah Foster wrote: > Is it then considered this way; > > 1. http://wiki.maemo.org/Packaging Quick Start > 2. > http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo_5_Developer_Guide/Packaging%2C_Deploying_and_Distributing > Complete Maemo Guide > 3. http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ Authoritat

Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-11 Thread Jeremiah Foster
On Feb 9, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi, > > Ajai Khattri wrote: >> >> Maybe there ought to be a link to the dh_make man page from there? > > Which docs were you following, and how did you get there? we're trying > to make http://wiki.maemo.org/Packaging the standard "quick start" p

Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-10 Thread Ajai Khattri
On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Dave Neary wrote: > Which docs were you following, and how did you get there? we're trying > to make http://wiki.maemo.org/Packaging the standard "quick start" page, > and > http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo_5_Developer_Guide/Packaging%2C_Deploying_and_Distributing FYI

Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-10 Thread Jeremiah Foster
On Feb 10, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Ajai Khattri wrote: > On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Jeremiah Foster wrote: > >> Exactly. Thanks for pointing this out Marius. Unless I am mistaken Ajai, >> you were referring to building multiple *package* binaries, correct? >> (Not multiple application/runtime binaries.) > >

Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-10 Thread Ajai Khattri
On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Jeremiah Foster wrote: > Exactly. Thanks for pointing this out Marius. Unless I am mistaken Ajai, > you were referring to building multiple *package* binaries, correct? > (Not multiple application/runtime binaries.) Just to clarify with an example: when installing say, ruby, t

Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-09 Thread Graham Cobb
On Tuesday 09 February 2010 14:29:14 Bernd Stramm wrote: > On 09/02/10 08:29, Dave Neary wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Ajai Khattri wrote: > >> OK, but Im curious: what would be an example of a package with multiple > >> binaries? > > > > binutils, for example? > > gcc has a few (c89& c99 versions, for e

Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-09 Thread Jeremiah Foster
On Feb 9, 2010, at 16:23, Marius Gedminas wrote: > On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 12:19:10AM -0500, Ajai Khattri wrote: >> Im trying to create my first Maemo package and I had a few questions: >> >> 1) This package has a main binary, but also has additional >> binaries/scripts and library files, so do

Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-09 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 12:19:10AM -0500, Ajai Khattri wrote: > Im trying to create my first Maemo package and I had a few questions: > > 1) This package has a main binary, but also has additional > binaries/scripts and library files, so do I select 'Multiple binaries' > when running dh_make ?

Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-09 Thread Bernd Stramm
On 09/02/10 08:29, Dave Neary wrote: Hi, Ajai Khattri wrote: That depends, but for the current situation, I would say no. Firstly, creating multiple binary packages is harder than a single binary, though not by much. I recommend you start out with just a single binary if you can. O

Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-09 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Ajai Khattri wrote: >> That depends, but for the current situation, I would say no. Firstly, >> creating multiple binary packages is harder than a single binary, though >> not by much. I recommend you start out with just a single binary if you >> can. > > OK, but Im curious: what would be

Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-08 Thread Ajai Khattri
On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Jeremiah Foster wrote: > This means you do not have an original tarball of your package that has the > suffix orig.tar.gz. > > Take a look at the debian documentation here which should help: > http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-first.en.html#s-dh_make Hmmm.. the docs

Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-08 Thread Ajai Khattri
On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Jeremiah Foster wrote: > > Im trying to create my first Maemo package > > Awesome! :) Yes, Maemo needs more developers and more software! :-) > That depends, but for the current situation, I would say no. Firstly, > creating multiple binary packages is harder than a single

Re: Packaging questions

2010-02-08 Thread Jeremiah Foster
Hi Ajai! On Feb 8, 2010, at 6:19 AM, Ajai Khattri wrote: > > Im trying to create my first Maemo package Awesome! :) > and I had a few questions: > > 1) This package has a main binary, but also has additional > binaries/scripts and library files, so do I select 'Multiple binaries' > when runn

Packaging questions

2010-02-07 Thread Ajai Khattri
Im trying to create my first Maemo package and I had a few questions: 1) This package has a main binary, but also has additional binaries/scripts and library files, so do I select 'Multiple binaries' when running dh_make ? 2) I got an error saying it could not find package.orig.tar.gz - what d