Desperate for deb docs

[Thomas Charron]

On 10/16/07, Star <nhstar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I need docs on how to build .deb files. I do not want docs on how to build
> > .deb files for a debian distribution. I do not want docs on debian policy.
> > I need to understand the intricasies of how to write control files (e.g.,
> > control, preinst, postinst, prerm, postrm, etc...)
> I found the IBM docs very useful at
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-debpkg.html
> But my packages tend to be very basic with little in the way of
> dependencies.  You may have already exceeded what this is telling
> ya...

  that's a pretty nice 'simple' walkthru.  It does, however, require
dpkg.  Which isn't a huge deal, unless you're trying to make one on a
system that doesn't use debian.  :-)

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-- Thomas