Re: Need help with package that just copies files

2009-12-15 Thread Emmet Hikory
Matthew Jones wrote: I've been playing with ubuntu and fedora packaging for a bit, and have basic packaging of c and python apps down. The problem is when I need a package that just copies some files, I can't get it to work. There was a MOTU School session about precisely this sort of

Need help with package that just copies files

2009-12-15 Thread Matthew Jones
Thanks. This technique worked. There was a MOTU School session about precisely this sort of packaging, with a page on the wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/School/PackagingWithoutCompiling -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Need help with package that just copies files

2009-12-14 Thread Matthew Jones
Howdy all, I've been playing with ubuntu and fedora packaging for a bit, and have basic packaging of c and python apps down. The problem is when I need a package that just copies some files, I can't get it to work. What I want to do is just copy the source tree to /usr/share/blah and symlink a