deb-make(1)

NAME

deb-make - Debianize a sourcecode package

SYNOPSIS

deb-make [native]

DESCRIPTION

deb-make is a tool to convert a regular sourcecodepackage into one formatted according to the requirements of the debian project. deb-make should be invoked withinn the sourcecode directory which should be named <packagename>-<version>. The packagename must be all lowercase, digits and dashes. If the directory name does not conform to the scheme then please rename the directory before using deb-make.

PACKAGE CLASSES

Single

The package will generate a single binary .deb package. This is the standard case if you dont know what to do choose this.

Multi

The package will generate multiple binary .deb packages from one source package. Choose this for larger packages.

Library

The package will generate at least two binaries. One library package containing just the lib in /usr/lib and another *-dev_*.deb package containing documentation and C headers.

ACTIONS PERFORMED

deb-make copies the archive on the higher directory level into <packagename>-<version>.orig if that directory does not exist. The orig archive is needed for other debian tools to generate the diffs to the original sources required by the debian packaging format.

Then deb-make proceeds to generate a "debian" subdirectory and the necessary control files in the subdirectory. Those control files are customized with the packagename and version extracted from the directory name and the username and the e-mail address build from /etc/mailname and from /etc/passwd (Sorry no YP support right now). If the environment variable EMAIL is set then that EMAIL address is used for the e-mail address of the maintainer instead of looking it up in the environment.

deb-make will also generate example files that are also customized for the package generated. You can remove all files with *.ex if you wish. Renaming those to their name without the .ex at the end will activate that feature of debstd.

SEE ALSO

debstd(1), dch(1), debclean(1), debchange(1) and dpkg(1)