[ubuntu-uk] Building .deb packages

[Liam Wilson]

Anton,

 Out of curiosity, can I ask why it's worse to package software in a .deb
file in the long run?

Liam

On 10 February 2010 20:43, Anton Piatek <anton at piatek.co.uk> wrote:

> On 10 February 2010 17:23, Mark Fraser <ubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > I would like to start compiling some programs and putting them up on my
> PPA
> > starting with KRepton <http://www.keelhaul.me.uk/krepton>.
> >
> > Has anyone got any advice other than following
> > www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ch-start.en.html ? I have
> compiled
> > software before and also produced a few .deb packages, but none that I
> could
> > distribute.
>
> The new maintainers guide you have already found is the main doc I
> would suggest you start with. The Debian policy is also very helpful
> as it explains every detail you could need to know (hopefully) but it
> is more of a reference and not a tutorial.
>
> It really is worth learning to build the packages as source packages
> and build them with dpkg-buildpackage/ppa/etc (I say this because I
> know a lot of people think its just easier to compile the code and
> build a .deb with dpkg-deb, but it really works out much worse in the
> long run)
>
> Good luck with it! It really isn't as hard as it seems at first!
>
> Anton
>
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