Debian package generation?

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Hi,

would it be possible to integrate Debian package generation into KConfigure (and perhaps execute it automatically if KConfigure finds a /etc/debian_version or something)?

The "Debian way" of doing a package is untarring the stuff, then making sure the directory looks like

    appname-version.subversion

, then

    export EMAIL=your.email.address@isp.de
    deb-make
    dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us -b

where deb-make asks whether this is supposed to be a single binary, multiple binary, arch-independant or library package, and dpkg-buildpackage calls ./configure; make; make install with temporary paths (and, in my case, leaves out the PGP signatures wit -uc -us and only creates a binary package (-b), no source package).

I think this would be much appreciated, I've been using Debian for over five years and my /usr/local ist still almost empty. :-)

Thanks!

if you need more info you can mail me at debian@jensbenecke.de

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Hi,

For rpm-based distributions and Slackware there is checkinstall (http://mayams.net/~izto/checkinstall-en.html) which can build packages from a make install stage. If there was an option to specify what kconfigure ran at each step of the build process then maybe it would be possible to integrate these package building schmes ?

Kconfigure is a nice utility app anyway :-).

[Nobody/Anonymous]

I second that.
Giving the user an integration of the features of check-install with a nice front end like Konfigure will empower the windows-comers grately.

[zvonsully]

KConfigure makes .debs but the dependencies are not put in .deb :(

[Bob Rockers]

Just got another post on that problem.  I am looking into it... sorry :-(

Bobby