[maemo-developers] I still have problems creating .deb packages :(

[From: Mohammed Hassan]

I created nothing actually.

You can use
python2.5 setup.py build instead of $(MAKE)
python2.5 setup.py install instead of $(MAKE) install
and python2.5 setup.py clean --all instead of $(MAKE) clean

On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 16:35 +0100, ext Andrea Grandi wrote:
> Hi, just a quick question:
> 
> you created the Makefile inside flickrapi-0.15?
> 
> I created one with these lines:
> 
> all:
> 	python2.5 setup.py build
> clean:
> 	python2.5 setup.py clean --all
> install:
> 	python2.5 setup.py install --root $(DESTDIR)
> 
> let me know.... thanks :)
> 
> 2007/11/23, Mohammed Hassan <mohammed.2.hassan at nokia.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 16:00 +0100, ext Andrea Grandi wrote:
> > > > * And please delete all .ex files that are not used.
> > >
> > > how do I know if an .ex is used or not?
> >
> > ,ex are examples and they are not used unless you rename them to get rid
> > of the .ex extension.
> > You need to check the debian guide for that. They are documented :)
> >
> >
> > > this time I've another problem: .deb are not generated at all :(
> > > Usually I found them in the upper folder of flickrapi-0.15 but this
> > > time are not there.
> > >
> > > During creation I get these errors: http://pastebin.ca/794911
> >
> > You'd better off running fakeroot debian/rules clean, cp -a debian /tmp
> > delete everything, unpack a new tarball and cp -a /tmp/debian <to the
> > tarball>
> > dpkg-source is complaining about some binary files being deleted and
> > this can't be represented in the diff.gz file.
> > I'd actually download the tarball from the library homepage and rename
> > it to flickrapi_0.15.orig.tar.gz, unpack it and copy debian/ there
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > Localization Engineer
> > OSSO - Nokia Multimedia
> >
> >
> 
> 
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Localization Engineer
OSSO - Nokia Multimedia