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= Description =

You will have to create the smallest Debian package possible which is lintian clean.



First you need to create a lintian clean package. Then delete every thing that can be deleted. 

The package must still be lintian clean.



= Details =

== step 1 : create the source package and build it ==

  * 1 - create a directory for the package : package-minimal-2.0.1

  * 2 - create the source package with [[dh_make]]  -s -n

  * 3 - build the package with [[dpkg-buildpackage]] -rfakeroot



== step 2 : test it with lintian ==



  * 4 - test it to know if it is [[lintian]] clean.

  * 5 - as there are errors and warnings we have to take a new start and increment the version of the package : package-minimal-2.0.2

  * 6 - modify the files in the debian directory

  * 7 - build the package and test it to know if it is [[lintian]] clean.

  * 8 - Once it is lintian clean, remove all the files which can be removed from the source package of package-minimal-2.0.3

  * 9 - test it to know if it is [[lintian]] clean.





= Solution =



== step 2 : test it with lintian ==



  * 6 - test it with [[lintian]]

You can see some warnings and errors:



{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

$package-minimal$ lintian package-minimal*.deb

W: package-minimal: readme-debian-contains-debmake-template

E: package-minimal: description-is-dh_make-template

W: package-minimal: maintainer-not-full-name g

E: package-minimal: maintainer-address-malformed g <g@packaging-stable-2010>

E: package-minimal: section-is-dh_make-template

W: package-minimal: superfluous-clutter-in-homepage <insert the upstream URL, if relevant>

W: package-minimal: bad-homepage <insert the upstream URL, if relevant>

E: package-minimal: helper-templates-in-copyright

W: package-minimal: copyright-has-url-from-dh_make-boilerplate

E: package-minimal: copyright-contains-dh_make-todo-boilerplate

E: package-minimal: debian-changelog-file-contains-invalid-email-address g@packaging-stable-2010

}}}



Here are the content of the three remaining files : changelog, control and rules.



{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

$package-minimal-2.0.2/debian# more copyright 

This work was packaged for Debian by:

    M e <me@me.me> on Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:28:16 +0200

Copyright:

    <Copyright (C) 2010 M e>

License:

    T





$package-minimal-2.0.2/debian$ more control 

Source: package-minimal

Section: doc

Priority: extra

Maintainer: M e <me@me.me>

Standards-Version: 3.8.4



Package: package-minimal

Architecture: any

Description: d

 empty package 





$package-minimal-2.0.2/debian# more rules

#!/usr/bin/make -f

%:

	dh $@ 

}}}



files you don't need to change :



{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

$package-minimal-2.0.2/debian$ more changelog 

package-minimal (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low



  * Initial Release.



 -- M e <me@me.me>  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:28:54 -1000





$package-minimal-2.0.2/debian# more compat 

7

}}}





   * 8 - Once it is lintian clean, remove all the files which can be removed from the source package

it is debian clean :

{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

$package-minimal$ lintian p*.deb

$package-minimal$

}}}



removing some files :

{{{#!highlight console numbers=disable

$package-minimal-2.0.3/debian$ rm -fr *.ex *.EX R* docs source

$package-minimal-2.0.3/debian$ ls

changelog  compat  control  copyright  rules

}}}