how to add a new file to deb when dpkg-builcpackage

tangke · External Since: Aug 04, 2009 Posts: 4

hi all,
I download the the src of kpowersave and changed some code,
now i want to add a new file to this deb, and i can automaticly product
the deb that contains it.
how can i do it?

thanks
best regards

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Jonathan Yu · External Since: Apr 03, 2009 Posts: 20

Hi:

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:27 PM, tangke<tangk.TakeThisOut@lemote.com> wrote:
> hi all,
> I download the the src of kpowersave and changed some code,
> now i want to add a new file to this deb, and i can automaticly product the
> deb that contains it.
> how can i do it?
I would suggest overrides (debhelper 7.0.50 and later supports this),
though if you changed the source code then I would suggest using quilt
to do it.

I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to accomplish, so perhaps
explaining that is a better place to start.

If you are patching upstream code for redistribution, leave the source
intact and edit it through quilt. Then use the "--with quilt" target
(available in debhelper 7.0.8 and later) like so:

%:
<TAB>dh --with quilt $@

For a tutorial on how to use quilt, you can see what the pkg-perl
group uses as a reference:

http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/howto/quilt.html

Once you do this, you will be able to build the package as per normal
(via dpkg-buildpackage) and quilt will be run as appropriate.

Come to think about it, my initial response about using overrides is
probably a red herring. You probably want to just use quilt, which
does not require overrides at all.

Here is a reference I wrote on using debhelper in some common
(Perl-package-specific mostly) scenarios, for example if you need to
remove a file from installation.
http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/debhelper.html

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Jonathan

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tangke · External Since: Aug 04, 2009 Posts: 2

sorry, this is a example:
dpkg -c XXXX.deb
/usr/bin/a

now , I want to add /usr/bin/b to this deb package
dpkg -c XXXX.deb

we know, that an
when use commands "dpkg-buildpackage" ,then will compile and in the
debian directory
will have a directory named XXXX, and i can add a new file in this
directory.

but i want to do it automaticlly.
some deb source i download from "apt-get source", after i
dpkg-buildpackage ,the deb package producted already
have some doc,locale file, how can i add a new directory or file?

thanks in advance
best regards

On 08/04/2009 10:57 AM, Jonathan Yu wrote:
> Hi:
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:27 PM, tangke<tangk RemoveThis @lemote.com> wrote:
>
>> hi all,
>> I download the the src of kpowersave and changed some code,
>> now i want to add a new file to this deb, and i can automaticly product the
>> deb that contains it.
>> how can i do it?
>>
> I would suggest overrides (debhelper 7.0.50 and later supports this),
> though if you changed the source code then I would suggest using quilt
> to do it.
>
> I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to accomplish, so perhaps
> explaining that is a better place to start.
>
> If you are patching upstream code for redistribution, leave the source
> intact and edit it through quilt. Then use the "--with quilt" target
> (available in debhelper 7.0.8 and later) like so:
>
> %:
> <TAB>dh --with quilt $@
>
> For a tutorial on how to use quilt, you can see what the pkg-perl
> group uses as a reference:
>
> http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/howto/quilt.html
>
> Once you do this, you will be able to build the package as per normal
> (via dpkg-buildpackage) and quilt will be run as appropriate.
>
> Come to think about it, my initial response about using overrides is
> probably a red herring. You probably want to just use quilt, which
> does not require overrides at all.
>
> Here is a reference I wrote on using debhelper in some common
> (Perl-package-specific mostly) scenarios, for example if you need to
> remove a file from installation.
> http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/debhelper.html
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>

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Steve Langasek · External Since: Dec 13, 2004 Posts: 2140

On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 11:12:07AM +0800, tangke wrote:
> sorry, this is a example:
> dpkg -c XXXX.deb
> /usr/bin/a

> now , I want to add /usr/bin/b to this deb package
> dpkg -c XXXX.deb

> we know, that an
> when use commands "dpkg-buildpackage" ,then will compile and in the
> debian directory
> will have a directory named XXXX, and i can add a new file in this
> directory.

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tangke · External Since: Aug 04, 2009 Posts: 4

On 08/04/2009 03:14 PM, Steve Langasek wrote:
> debian-mentors mailing list
thanks, i will be gone

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