[haiku-development] Re: Qustion of the packagemanagment system.
- From: François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:53:17 +0200
On 24/08/2014 15:21, pulkomandy wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 12:57:02PM +0200, Fredrik Modéen wrote:
>> 2014-08-24 09:35 skrev pulkomandy:
>>> Hi,
>>> You should put the package in home/config/packages. If there is a
>>> problem with it, the package manager will tell you using a BNotification
>>> or an error window. You can also check the syslog to see when it becomes
>>> active.
>>
>> Thanks that worked :). Problem now are that it says the package are not
>> installable. The syslog don't say anyting.
>>
>> This are the .packinfo file. I couldn't use 1.1.0 it said it hade the wrong
>> versioning.
>
> The format is version-revision, in your case 1.1.0-1. You increment the
> revision when doing changes only to the packaging.
>
>> cp vmwaddons/objects.x86-gcc4-debug/vmwaddons 'VMW Add-Ons/apps/Vmware'
>> cp vmwmouse/objects.x86-gcc4-debug/vmwmouse 'VMW
>> Add-Ons/add-ons/input_server/filters'
>> cp readme.txt 'VMW Add-Ons'
>> cp .PackageInfo 'VMW Add-Ons'
>
> The readme file should not be at the root of the package. You can put it
> next to the application in the apps/Vmware folder.
>
> It may be better to use haikuporter to automate the creation of the
> package. I'm not too familiar with manual invocation of the package
> tool, maybe others can help.
Also, there are known issues with caps in the package names (mostly with
devel packages but still), so I'd suggest you name it like
"vmware_addons" or "vmware_guest_additions" or "vmware_guest_tools".
François.
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