[ubuntu-uk] Publishing to the software centre

[Gareth France]

On 24/04/14 11:28, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 24 April 2014 11:24, Gareth France <gareth.france at gmail.com> wrote:
>>   dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -d -us -uc -S -sa
>> dpkg-buildpackage: source package cliftontestsuite
>> dpkg-buildpackage: source version 0.1-1
>> dpkg-buildpackage: source distribution UNRELEASED
>> dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Gareth <gareth.france at cliftonts.co.uk>
>>   dpkg-source --before-build Clifton Test Suite v0.1
>> dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field 'Package' in input data in
>> general section of control info file
>> dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field 'Version' in input data in
>> general section of control info file
>> dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field 'Architecture' in input data
>> in general section of control info file
>> dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field 'Essential' in input data in
>> general section of control info file
>> dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field 'Depends' in input data in
>> general section of control info file
>> dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field 'Description' in input data
>> in general section of control info file
>> dpkg-source: error: Clifton Test Suite v0.1/debian/control doesn't list any
>> binary package
>>
>> dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source --before-build Clifton Test Suite v0.1
>> gave error exit status 255
>> debuild: fatal error at line 1364:
>> dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -d -us -uc -S -sa failed
>>
> Looks like some other errors in your debian/control file layout.
>
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html is the
> canonical (heu) documentation for what should be in there.
>
> Al.
>
I have seen the link you sent before and it my control file seems to be 
in order. Here it is:

Package: CliftonTestSuite
Version: 0.1
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Architecture: all
Essential: no
Depends: perl
Maintainer: Gareth France
Source: cliftontestsuite
Description: A selection of tools for downloading from PAT testers.