How to create .diff.gz/.dsc/.orig.tar.gz from a downloaded tar.gz application?

frenchn00b · 05-18-2008, 07:39 AM

Hello,
For my dpkg-scansources, it looks it does not recognize the *.tar.gz in the pool, hence we need to create those 3 files .diff.gz/.dsc/.orig.tar.gz to make deb-src working and to find sthg with

Quote:

apt-cache showsrc packagename

.

Could eventually dpkg-scansources works only with a single tar.gz ?
thanks

Simon Bridge · 05-18-2008, 07:43 AM

Quote:

For my dpkg-scansources, it looks it does not recognize the *.tar.gz in the pool

Well take it out of the pool and dry it off... poor thing must be half drowned!

Otherwise, what you have said makes no sense.

What are you trying, and what is the result?
Post the command and it's output.

frenchn00b · 05-18-2008, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon Bridge

Well take it out of the pool and dry it off... poor thing must be half drowned!

Otherwise, what you have said makes no sense.

What are you trying, and what is the result?
Post the command and it's output.

I put lot of tar.gz in the pool folder, and If I type

Code:

$ dpkg-scansources  pool

it only outputs the one with .dsc + .tar.gz

If no .dsc, then nothing

frenchn00b · 05-18-2008, 08:30 AM

From here, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=51003
if I understand well, we have to use dh_make ... right?

frenchn00b · 05-18-2008, 09:09 AM

It worked like this, and created in the ../ a dsc file:

Code:

 make clean ; DEBFULLNAME="Frenchn00b" ; export DEBFULLNAME ; dh_make -e frenchn00b@gmail.com -f ../mypackage.tar.bz2  ; dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

Dont know if it is really the best way...

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