[Gdal-dev] gdal for ubuntu

[Steve Halasz]

I offered some time ago to keep the debian/ control files reasonably
up-to-date with respect to the official debian packages. Life has been
busy, but I'll try to find time for this soon.

Steve

On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 09:39 -0500, Neil Best wrote:
> Yes, Mateusz, I was referring to the 'debian' directory in GDAL source
> tree.  When I tried to build a package for 1.3.1 the dpkg-buildpackage
> way I got .debs named with version 1.2.1 or something and had
> dependencies that didn't make any sense.  I presume that these
> parameters are embedded in the control files somewhere.  The same
> procedure under 1.3.2 bombed out in similar fasion as Eric Patton
> reported to the list.  Surprisingly I was able to install gdal using
> checkinstall. (Yay! Perl bindings!)  This suggests that the debian/
> files have fallen out of date.  I will attempt to contact the Debian
> package maintainer, Silke Reimer, but other suggestions are certainly
> welcome.  I am willing to help move this along, but hearing from someone
> with more familiarity with the history of the debian/ files would be
> helpful and encouraging.
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 17:54 +0000, an Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> > Neil Best wrote:
> > > Hello, everybody.  I have been trying to build gdal from source for 
> > > my ubuntu breezy box and have had some problems building .debs for 
> > > both 1.3.1 and 1.3.2.
> > 
> > Does it mean your problem is with building Debian packages (deb) or
> > building GDAL binaries from source?
> > 
> > > How can I learn more about the status of the debian/ sub-directory
> > > and the possibility of getting upgraded packages into the ubuntu
> > > repositories?
> > 
> > Do you mean 'debian' directory in GDAL sources tree?
> > 
> > > Anyone here involved with UbuntuGIS? 
> > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS
> > 
> > I was involved for a while (2 months ago) as I'm Ubuntu user
> > but I had to break for a (longer) while. I'll try to be back in a 2-3
> > months.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > -- 
> > Mateusz Loskot
> > http://mateusz.loskot.net
> 
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