[maemo-developers] Packaging questions

[From: 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.
>>>        
>> 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 example)
> textutils
> openssh (scp, sftp, ssh, ...)
>    

git, imagemagick, mysql, ...
>
>    
>>>> 2) I got an error saying it could not find package.orig.tar.gz - what does
>>>> that mean?
>>>>          
>>> 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
>>>        
>> So, to clarify, I need to have a tarball of the original source inside the
>> untarred tarball build directory? :-)
>>      
> Have a look at this page:
> http://wiki.maemo.org/Packaging#A_concrete_example_-_rot13
>
> dh_make takes a -f argument that points to the original .tar.gz, and
> generates rot13_0.1.orig.tar.gz, rot13_0.1-1.diff.gz, rot13_0.1-1.dsc
> and rot13_0.1-1_i386.changes afterwards.
>
>
>    
>> I was following the Maemo docs which dont mention anything about licenses.
>>
>> 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" page,
> and
> http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo_5_Developer_Guide/Packaging%2C_Deploying_and_Distributing
> and http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ the definitive "more than you
> ever needed or wanted to know about Debian packaging, but were too
> afraid to ignore" pages.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.
>
>