thanks, i'd already thought of that. but i'd assume there has to be a more convenient way. debian can't possibly be built on just the packages and dependencies it provides.
On 23 Mar 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote: > Try downloading the deb source, patching the source, and then using > dpkg-buildpackage or dpkg --build. (Check the man pages.) Make sure > you get the source from the debian website or with apt, if you have > the deb-src lines in sources.list, as it will contain debian > subdirectory in the source tree, which is needed by dpkg to build > debs. > > Marshal > > >>>>> "Jerry" == Jerry J Jaskierny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > there are several packages included in debian archives that are > > outdated. instead of installing the outdated ones, in some > > cases are useless to me, i want to compile an updated copy of > > the source. i'm trying to figure out how i can compile this > > source, and let dpkg/dselect know that they've been installed. > > my first problem was alsa. i had to compile and updated copy of > > alsa. Esound needs to be installed with support with alsa, but > > dpkg doesn't know that alsa has been installed, causing an > > irritating chain of dependencies and problems. does anyone know > > how to fix this? i'm sure this has been answered before, but i > > couldn't find it anywhere in the archives. and please reply to > > this address, as i am not currently subscribed to the mailing > > list. thank you. jerry jaskierny > > > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
