[maemo-developers] Making debian package...

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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:34:55 +0100, Ryan Pavlik <abiryan at ryand.net> wrote:
> What you have to do is actually create the information required for a
> Debian package - this script will only build the packaging material
> already there.  Google for the Debian New Maintainer's Guide to find out
> how to "Debianize" your package, then this script will work.  (Hence the
> suggestions to put it in an existing package - if you remove the other
> program and ensure the Debian files are set right, it won't increase
> your size.  Probably just easier to follow the New Maintainer's Guide,
> though.  This is something that EVERYONE trying to build for Maemo
> should read, and I'm not sure why it's not more well-known on this list.)
> 
> Where did you find this script?  It looks useful, esp. as a possible
> target of community maintenance.  What is its license?
> 
> Ryan
> 
> nisha jain wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The dpkg-build.sh is a script file i found to build the debian package.
>> Is there some other way to create it? I have gone through tutorial and
>> whatever procedure written there, is not working for me. I got some
>> advices
>> as to put my code in already exisiting application package and build it.
>> I don't want to do that as size is increasing.
>>
>> Following is a script file to create debian for given target.........
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>>
>> #
>>
>> # This little script builds an appropriately-versioned .deb file
> depending
>>
>> # on your exact architecture (as defined in CFLAGS).
>>
>> # On an N800 (-mcpu=arm1136jf-s), the version is suffixed with "-3".
>>
>> # On a 770 (-mcpu=arm926ej-s), the version is suffixed with "-2".
>>
>> # In all other cases, the version is suffixed with "-1".
>>
>> #
>>
>> CHANGELOG=`dirname $0`/debian/changelog
>>
>> # Test whether we're running Chinook or a "legacy" Maemo.
>>
>> MAEMO_VERSION=`pkg-config libosso --modversion | cut -d . -f 1`
>>
>> if [ "x$MAEMO_VERSION" = "x1" ]
>>
>> then
>>
>> VERSION_SUFFIX=-os2006-os2007
>>
>> else
>>
>> VERSION_SUFFIX=-os2008
>>
>> fi
>>
>> # Test if this is the armel build (as opposed to the x86 build)
>>
>> GCC_HOST_IS_ARMEL=`gcc --version | head -n 1 | grep arm`
>>
>> if [ "x$GCC_HOST_IS_ARMEL" != "x" ]; then
>>
>> DBP_EXTRA=-B
>>
>> fi
>>
>> sed -i "1,1s/(\([0-9.][0-9.]*\)[-a-zA-Z0-9]*)/(\1$VERSION_SUFFIX)/"
>> $CHANGELOG
>>
>> dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -i $DBP_EXTRA
>>
>> sed -i "1,1s/(\([0-9.][0-9.]*\)[-a-zA-Z0-9]*)/(\1)/" $CHANGELOG
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Nisha
>>
>>
>> On 2/25/08, *Kees Jongenburger* <kees.jongenburger at gmail.com
>> <mailto:kees.jongenburger at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:24 PM, nisha jain <jain61 at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:jain61 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>     >
>>     > Hi All,
>>     >
>>     > I am trying to make debian package for my application to port it
>>     to N800.
>>     > I am able to compile it in ARMEL mode but when i give
>>     ./dpkg-build.sh
>>     > command i am not able to get the debian package...My Makefile is
>>     very
>>     >
>>     > simple having following rules...What i have to add to create
>>     debian package?
>>     Hi
>>
>>     I think you need at least a  make "install" target .
>>     what is the dpkg-build.sh?
>>
>>     greetings
>>
>>
>>     >
>>     > gcc -o N800App N800App.c `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 hildon-1 --cflags
>>     --libs`
>>     > -I/usr/include/gstreamer-0.10 -I/usr/include/libxml2
>>     > -I/usr/include/hildon-fm-2 -lgtkdatabox
>>     >
>>     > I don't want to plug my code into some existing example
>>     application code and
>>     > create debian package as
>>     > it is making binary huge...the dpkg-build.sh file contains
>>     following rules
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Regards,
>>     > Nisha
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