Automatic src.tgz -> deb tool?

[David Symons]

On 2/2/07, John McCabe-Dansted <gmatht at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, is there a tool to automatically convert a standard libtool based
> source tarball into a deb file?

Hi John,

checkinstall could be (at least part of) what you're looking for:

    CheckInstall keeps track of all the files created or
    modified by your installation script ("make install"
    "make install_modules", "setup", etc), builds a
    standard binary package and installs it in your
    system giving you the ability to uninstall it with your
    distribution's standard package management utilities.

Cheers, Dave.
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David Symons
Canberra, Australia
http://www.liberatedcomputing.net