Mark Boyns writes:
> I'm happy using binary packages most of the time, but certain packages
> like ssh and pgp I feel more comfortable compiling myself.
>
> So far I see that dpkg-source is used to create the patched source
> tree, but after that it only seems possible build a .deb file and
> install from that. Is this the "best" way?
Sure. This is *the* binary package for Debian GNU/Linux which can
be installed using dpkg -i
> Also, should I be running `debian/rules binary' directly or is there a
> package tool I should be using?
There might be some buildpackage packages, but I believe the above
is quite fine.
Regards
Joey
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