Bug#552788: Packages building fail under jaunty ...

[Mike Hommey]

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:12:37AM +0100, BigBob on Linux Box ... wrote:
> Well,
> 
> I have downloaded :
> 
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/i/iceape/iceape_2.0.orig.tar.bz2
> 
> and
> 
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/i/iceape/iceape_2.0-1.debian.tar.gz
> 
> Put the 2 archives in same directory, then I extracted the 2 files
> like this :
> 
> tar jxf iceape_2.0.orig.tar.bz2
> cd iceape-2.0
> tar zxf ../iceape_2.0-1.debian.tar.gz
> 
> This end with the debian directory created inside the 1st archive
> root directory.

That's where you were wrong ;)
You should also get the dsc file, and use dpkg-source -x on it.

Or apply the patches in debian/patches with quilt, but the dpkg-source
-x approach is easier.

Mike