Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of maemo5PackagingNotes

Timestamp:

Jul 26, 2010, 11:30:26 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

Martin Kolman

Comment:

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maemo5PackagingNotes

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+ = How did I create the packages =
+
+ * I used py2deb in scratchbox
+ * modified the py2deb file in ''/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/py2deb.py'' (in scratchbox)
+  * [http://wiki.maemo.org/Py2deb#Install_py2deb fixed the bugtracker issue]
+  * modified the build depends:
+{{{
+# ADDED for building modRana
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), python-support
+}}}
+  * modified the "build architecture independent files section"
+{{{
+# Build architecture-independent files here.
+binary-indep: build install
+# We have nothing to do by default.
+        dh_pysupport /opt/modrana # its important to add path to the main application folder
+}}}
+  * fixed the USERNAME environmental variable not found issue in the ./build_modrana.py script:
+{{{
+import os
+os.environ["USERNAME"]='user'
+}}}
+  * made sure there is #DEBHELPER# in the '''postinst''' script
+  * set  correct file and folder permissions for the different modRana folders and files
+
+