Make deb from SVN

[i386DX]

I downloaded the lastest SVN version today (SVN Snapshot of November 08 2006 02:01:34). I tried to make a deb-package ('make deb') but i got this error:

Code:

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dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_installdocs
dh_installexamples
dh_installman
dh_link
dh_strip -XlibTclxml3.1.so
dh_compress
dh_fixperms
dh_installdeb
dh_shlibdeps -XlibTclxml3.1.so
dh_gencontrol
dh_md5sums
dh_builddeb --destdir="./distrib/DEB" --filename="amsn_0.97b-svnexported.deb"
dpkg-deb - error: Debian revision (`svnexported') doesn't contain any digits
dpkg-deb: 1 errors in control file
dh_builddeb: command returned error code 512
make[1]: *** [binary-arch] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/i386dx/Downloads/msn'
make: *** [deb] Error 2

Anyone an idea how to solve this?

[NoWhereMan]

Code:

dpkg-deb - error: Debian revision (`svnexported') doesn't contain any digits

this seems pretty much the cause

bye

[i386DX]

Yeah, I do understand that... My question was in fact how to solve this?

[Fabioamd87]

i have used the last version of checkinstall and it work, if you wont, i can send the deb to your mail

[i386DX]

if you wont, i can send the deb to your mail

That's nice, but that doesn't solve my problem.
Today I tested again with a new svn-version, but still the same problem. Anyone an idea how to solve this?

[Aluada]

And it's working fine...

[Fabioamd87]

if you wont, i can send the deb to your mail

That's nice, but that doesn't solve my problem.
Today I tested again with a new svn-version, but still the same problem. Anyone an idea how to solve this?

try to use the last version of checkinstall http://checkinstall.izto.org/

remember:

sudo checkinstall
instead of
make install

if the first procedure fail, read the log and retry!
maybe it correct automatically

[Aluada]

if you wont, i can send the deb to your mail

That's nice, but that doesn't solve my problem.
Today I tested again with a new svn-version, but still the same problem. Anyone an idea how to solve this?

try to use the last version of checkinstall http://checkinstall.izto.org/

remember:

sudo checkinstall
instead of
make install

if the first procedure fail, read the log and retry!
maybe it correct automatically

I'm using the unstable/sid version of checkinstall, because the testing/etch didn't work for me.

[Damijan Bec]

Yeah, I do understand that... My question was in fact how to solve this?

Since nobody has answered this one ...

Change the following line in your Makefile.in  BEFORE YOU RUN make !!!

RELEASEVERSION  := svn`which svnversion > /dev/null && svnversion`

into

RELEASEVERSION  := 1

Or whatever number you see fit

Damijan

[kakaroto]

Here's your solution :
actually, that problem only happens when you export the svn, in other words, when you install the SVN vesion using the amsn_dev.tar.gz archive method described in http://amsn-project.net/wiki/SVN
If you download the SVN version using the normal Subversion method, you would not have this problem.