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DEB Package tools
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This directory contains files used by makepack-dolibarr.pl
script to build a package, ready to be distributed,
with format .DEB (for Debian, Ubuntu, ...).


# This is standard command to work on Debian packaging:
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# lintian --pedantic -E -I package.deb   To test a package   
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# dpkg -l                                List all packages
# dpkg -b                                To build package
# dpkg -c package.deb                    List content of package
# dpkg -I package.deb                    Give informations on package
# dpkg -i package.deb                    Install a package
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# dpkg -L packagename                    List content of installed package 
# dpkg --purge                           Remove config files and interactive saved answers


To submit a package to Debian:

- Post an ITP with reportbugs :
> reportbug -B debian --email username@domain.tld wnpp
See page http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#l1 for example of ITP requests contents.

- Wait until you received bug number.
For first ITP submission of Dolibarr, bug id was 634783.

- Check bug is into database by searching with id on http://www.debian.org/Bugs/
 
- Add a line for upstream into file changelog with bug number

- Call for a mentor on ML debian-mentors to upload packages

- Once package is uploaded, following URL are available:
http://packages.qa.debian.org/package
http://bugs.debian.org/package