Re: [SLUG] Creating a really really simple .deb package

2006-11-06 Thread Jeremy Visser
On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 10:06 +1100, Penedo wrote: I've never tried this but recently I found dpsyco in my Edge repository - here is a pointer to the Ubuntu universe copy: http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/admin/dpsyco there is a slightly newer package in Debian. I'd be glad to hear from

Re: [SLUG] Creating a really really simple .deb package

2006-11-06 Thread Ian Wienand
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 11:09:34PM +1100, Jeremy Visser wrote: I would like to know how to create a Debian package that consists of one file, not generated by source. I have tried using a Makefile that just copies files and running it with CheckInstall, but have failed to get it to recognise

Re: [SLUG] Creating a really really simple .deb package

2006-11-06 Thread Penedo
On 07/11/06, Jeremy Visser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can modify the version number in ./DEBIAN/control, but can't seem to build any further from there afterwards. To quote the dpkg-repack manual: The package can be built from this temporary directory by running dpkg --build, passing it the

Re: [SLUG] Creating a really really simple .deb package

2006-11-06 Thread David Gillies
Jeremy Visser wrote: This technique works with what I'm doing to the point of the version numbers. I have managed to get dpkg-repack to build into a folder, where I can modify the version number in ./DEBIAN/control, but can't seem to build any further from there afterwards. I tried sudo

Re: [SLUG] Creating a really really simple .deb package

2006-11-06 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:29:21 +1100, David Gillies uttered This will only build the binary packages, no source stuff will be spat out before you run this, make sure that package-name/debian/control is executable I suspect you mean package-name/debian/rules here. debian/control

Re: [SLUG] Creating a really really simple .deb package

2006-11-06 Thread David Gillies
Steve Kowalik wrote: On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:29:21 +1100, David Gillies uttered This will only build the binary packages, no source stuff will be spat out before you run this, make sure that package-name/debian/control is executable I suspect you mean package-name/debian/rules here.

Re: [SLUG] Creating a really really simple .deb package

2006-11-06 Thread Jeremy Visser
On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 14:21 +1100, Penedo wrote: On 07/11/06, Jeremy Visser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can modify the version number in ./DEBIAN/control, but can't seem to build any further from there afterwards. To quote the dpkg-repack manual: The package can be built from this

[SLUG] Creating a really really simple .deb package

2006-11-04 Thread Jeremy Visser
I would like to know how to create a Debian package that consists of one file, not generated by source. I have tried using a Makefile that just copies files and running it with CheckInstall, but have failed to get it to recognise any changes. I was wondering what the best way to do this is. My

Re: [SLUG] Creating a really really simple .deb package

2006-11-04 Thread Penedo
On 04/11/06, Jeremy Visser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My goal is to start putting the customisations I have made to the Ubuntu Desktop CD into packages, rather than just manually editing all the I've never tried this but recently I found dpsyco in my Edge repository - here is a pointer to the