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diff --git a/doc/gf-developers.t2t b/doc/gf-developers.t2t index 757c7a160..92f477c4a 100644 --- a/doc/gf-developers.t2t +++ b/doc/gf-developers.t2t @@ -401,6 +401,49 @@ $ make clean %$ make sdist %``` +== Creating .deb packages for Ubuntu == + +This has been tested on Ubuntu 12.04, and the resulting ``.deb`` packages +appears to work on Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04. + +Under Ubuntu, Haskell executables are statically linked against other Haskell +libraries, so the .deb packages are fairly self-contained. + +=== Preparations === + +``` +sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev debhelper +``` + +=== Creating the package === + +Make sure the ``debian/changelog`` starts with an entry that describes the +version you are building. Then run + +``` +make deb +``` + +== Creating .rpm packages for Fedora == + +This is possible, but the procedure has not been automated. +It involves using the cabal-rpm tool, + +``` +sudo yum install cabal-rpm +``` + +and following the Fedora guide +[How to create an RPM package http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package]. + +Under Fedora, Haskell executables are dynamically linked against other Haskell +libraries, so ``.rpm`` packages for all Haskell libraries that GF depends on +are required. Most of them are already available in the Fedora distribution, +but a few of them might have to be built and distributed along with +the GF ``.rpm`` package. +When building ``.rpm`` packages for GF 3.4, we also had to build ``.rpm``s for +``fst`` and ``httpd-shed``. + == Running the testsuite == **NOTE:** The test suite has not been maintained recently, so expect many |