Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Debian builds in wireshark

From: Bálint Réczey <balint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 20:06:56 +0200
Hi Born,

2016-04-25 19:46 GMT+02:00 Born In <d3c1978@xxxxxxxxx>:
> When I try to build an installer package for Ubuntu (Debian), I am asked
> (per the INSTALL doc in the root folder) to execute: "dpkg-buildpackage -us
> -uc -rfakeroot" before I use configure/make etc.
> However, after I checkout the source, make the required changes to the code
> and run the command, it creates a folder called debian with a bunch of files
> and directories, but no .deb files.
> Is there a place that explains this process in detail? (For ex. if I'm
> changing something inside a folder in epan/dissectors/asn1/, will the dpkg
> command internally build the changed code or do I need to compile it first
> and then run the dpkg command?
The .debs will be at ../ .

Cheers,
Balint