I am trying to create a deb of qemu without using checkinstall. Here is what I have done. I followed this guide.

http://www.quietearth.us/articles/20...ge-from-source

Why did it not work? What has gone wrong?

root@ubuntu:/tmp# cd qemu-0.9.0
root@ubuntu:/tmp/qemu-0.9.0# ls
aes.c cpu-all.h LICENSE softmmu_template.h
aes.h cpu-defs.h linux-user sparc64.ld
alpha-dis.c cpu-exec.c loader.c sparc-dis.c
alpha.ld cutils.c m68k-dis.c sparc.ld
a.out.h darwin-user m68k.ld tap-win32.c
arm-dis.c disas.c Makefile target-arm
arm.ld disas.h Makefile.target target-i386
arm-semi.c dis-asm.h mips-dis.c target-m68k
audio dyngen.c monitor.c target-mips
block-bochs.c dyngen-exec.h osdep.c target-ppc
block.c dyngen.h osdep.h target-sh4
block-cloop.c dyngen-op.h pc-bios target-sparc
block-cow.c elf.h ppc-dis.c tests
block-dmg.c elf_ops.h ppc.ld texi2pod.pl
block_int.h exec-all.h qemu-binfmt-conf.sh thunk.c
block-qcow2.c exec.c qemu-doc.texi thunk.h
block-qcow.c fpu qemu-img.c TODO
block-raw.c gdbstub.c qemu-img.texi translate-all.c
block-vmdk.c gdbstub.h qemu_socket.h translate-op.c
block-vpc.c hostregs_helper.h qemu-tech.texi usb-linux.c
block-vvfat.c hw readline.c VERSION
bswap.h i386-dis.c README vgafont.h
Changelog i386.ld s390.ld vl.c
check_ops.sh i386-vl.ld sdl.c vl.h
cocoa.m ia64.ld sdl_keysym.h vnc.c
configure keymaps sh4-dis.c vnchextile.h
console.c keymaps.c slirp vnc_keysym.h
COPYING kqemu.c softmmu_exec.h x86_64.ld
COPYING.LIB kqemu.h softmmu_header.h x_keymap.c
root@ubuntu:/tmp/qemu-0.9.0# dh_make
822-date: warning: This program is deprecated. Please use 'date -R' instead.

Type of package: single binary, multiple binary, library, kernel module or cdbs?
[s/m/l/k/b] s

Maintainer name : root
Email-Address : root@ubuntu
Date : Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:43:53 -0500
Package Name : qemu
Version : 0.9.0
License : blank
Type of Package : Single
Hit <enter> to confirm:
Could not find qemu_0.9.0.orig.tar.gz
Either specify an alternate file to use with -f,
or add --createorig to create one.
root@ubuntu:/tmp/qemu-0.9.0# dh_make --createorig
822-date: warning: This program is deprecated. Please use 'date -R' instead.

Type of package: single binary, multiple binary, library, kernel module or cdbs?
[s/m/l/k/b] s

Maintainer name : root
Email-Address : root@ubuntu
Date : Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:44:29 -0500
Package Name : qemu
Version : 0.9.0
License : blank
Type of Package : Single
Hit <enter> to confirm:
Done. Please edit the files in the debian/ subdirectory now. qemu
uses a configure script, so you probably don't have to edit the Makefiles.
root@ubuntu:/tmp/qemu-0.9.0# cd debian/
root@ubuntu:/tmp/qemu-0.9.0/debian# vim
changelog emacsen-remove.ex postrm.ex
compat emacsen-startup.ex preinst.ex
control init.d.ex prerm.ex
copyright manpage.1.ex qemu-default.ex
cron.d.ex manpage.sgml.ex qemu.doc-base.EX
dirs manpage.xml.ex README.Debian
docs menu.ex rules
emacsen-install.ex postinst.ex watch.ex
root@ubuntu:/tmp/qemu-0.9.0/debian# vim control
root@ubuntu:/tmp/qemu-0.9.0/debian# dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
dpkg-parsechangelog: error: cannot open debian/changelog to find format: No such file or directory
dpkg-buildpackage: unable to determine source package is
root@ubuntu:/tmp/qemu-0.9.0/debian# cd ..
root@ubuntu:/tmp/qemu-0.9.0# dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
dpkg-buildpackage: source package is qemu
dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 0.9.0-1
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by root <root@ubuntu>
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture amd64
dpkg-buildpackage: source version without epoch 0.9.0-1
fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
rm -f build-stamp
# Add here commands to clean up after the build process.
/usr/bin/make distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/qemu-0.9.0'
Makefile:3: config-host.mak: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `config-host.mak'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/qemu-0.9.0'
make: [clean] Error 2 (ignored)
rm -f config.sub config.guess
dh_clean
dpkg-source -b qemu-0.9.0
dpkg-source: building qemu in qemu_0.9.0.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: building qemu in qemu_0.9.0-1.diff.gz
dpkg-source: building qemu in qemu_0.9.0-1.dsc
debian/rules build
dh_testdir
# Add here commands to configure the package.
cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub
cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess
./configure --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --mandir=\${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\${prefix}/share/info CFLAGS="-Wall -g -O2" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,defs"
WARNING: "gcc" looks like gcc 4.x
Looking for gcc 3.x
./configure: 372: Syntax error: Bad fd number
make: *** [config.status] Error 2
root@ubuntu:/tmp/qemu-0.9.0#

Edit: I installed an older gcc version, but I still can't compile.

root@ubuntu:/tmp/qemu-0.9.0# CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4 dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
dpkg-buildpackage: source package is qemu
dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 0.9.0-1
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by root <root@ubuntu>
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture amd64
dpkg-buildpackage: source version without epoch 0.9.0-1
fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
rm -f build-stamp
# Add here commands to clean up after the build process.
/usr/bin/make distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/qemu-0.9.0'
Makefile:3: config-host.mak: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `config-host.mak'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/qemu-0.9.0'
make: [clean] Error 2 (ignored)
rm -f config.sub config.guess
dh_clean
dpkg-source -b qemu-0.9.0
dpkg-source: building qemu using existing qemu_0.9.0.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: building qemu in qemu_0.9.0-1.diff.gz
dpkg-source: building qemu in qemu_0.9.0-1.dsc
debian/rules build
dh_testdir
# Add here commands to configure the package.
cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub
cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess
./configure --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --mandir=\${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\${prefix}/share/info CFLAGS="-Wall -g -O2" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,defs"
WARNING: "gcc" looks like gcc 4.x
Looking for gcc 3.x
./configure: 372: Syntax error: Bad fd number
make: *** [config.status] Error 2
root@ubuntu:/tmp/qemu-0.9.0#