[Pkg-doc-linux-devel] Updating repository files

doug jensen djen@ispwest.com
Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:33:12 -0600


On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 08:37:25PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> Um. Don't try to build packages with dpkg-deb like that; it won't work.
> Use dpkg-buildpackage, or debuild. (Presumably you had to add a strange
> DEBIAN symlink or something - you can remove that.)
> 
> dpkg-deb is called from debian/rules as the last stage of building the
> binary package, via dh_builddeb.

Thanks Colin, I used dpkg-buildpackage and now have shiny new .debs :)

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Doug Jensen