On Tue, 2001-12-04 at 01:55, Chad C. Walstrom wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 10:15:35AM -0600, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > I am looking for a really good guide to develop packages for a > > homegrown system. I would like to build either RPM or DPKG (unless > bash$ # edit control files, install scripts, debconf stuff http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ Most of that part is explained above. I would suggest just working off of debian or some other distribution and make an 'overlay' of things that you need to modify. If your really careful, you can find a nice stable start. I chose progeny1/newton) and build up on top of it to stay somewhat to where you want. We've got ~80 packages in the CS dept that we (hey Zibby!) either have backported/compiled from unstable, or have added custom hacks into. (gdm to have xdm restricted-user semantics. need to get this in upstream.) If you get hooked on it, find out if the stuff you really like packaging is in debian yet and contribute. You might find that maintaining the packages you really nitpick about can help you learn a bit about distribution management. (or politics :| ) Good luck. -- Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org> <sdier at debian.org> http://www.ringworld.org/ irc://irc.openprojects.net/linuxos