How to create .deb of flat files?

[Maria Rodriguez]

Hi All!

I've got a handful of regular flat text files that I would like to make into a .deb but I'm not familiar with doing anything that doesn't require a compile. Is it simply doing an "install -m 644 *.txt debian/path/to/file" or something equivalent in the "install-stamp" section of the "rules" file or is there something more?

Many thanks!

Maria
--
Support your local ASPCA
[url]http://www.aspca.org/[/url]


__________________________________________________ ___________
Get [email]YourName@gatormail.ws[/email] email Today!
Visit [url]http://www.gatormail.ws/[/url]


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email]debian-user-request@lists.debian.org[/email]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email]listmaster@lists.debian.org[/email]

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 03:40:02PM -0700, Maria Rodriguez wrote:

> I've got a handful of regular flat text files that I would like to
> make into a .deb but I'm not familiar with doing anything that doesn't
> require a compile. Is it simply doing an "install -m 644 *.txt
> debian/path/to/file" or something equivalent in the "install-stamp"
> section of the "rules" file or is there something more?

It's simple; just leave out all the parts of debian/rules that involve
compiling things.

I'd suggest picking some documentation package and using 'apt-get
source' to look at how it does things.

Cheers,

--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email]debian-user-request@lists.debian.org[/email]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email]listmaster@lists.debian.org[/email]

[Maria Rodriguez]

--- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> wrote:

>It's simple; just leave out all the parts of debian/rules that involve
>compiling things.
>
>I'd suggest picking some documentation package and using 'apt-get
>source' to look at how it does things.

Thanks Colin, I will do just that!

Best regards,

Maria
--
Support your local ASPCA
[url]http://www.aspca.org/[/url]


__________________________________________________ ___________
Get [email]YourName@gatormail.ws[/email] email Today!
Visit [url]http://www.gatormail.ws/[/url]


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email]debian-user-request@lists.debian.org[/email]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email]listmaster@lists.debian.org[/email]