On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Calvin Chong wrote: >on 7/18/01 11:42 AM, Jeff Maxson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, dude wrote: >> >>> >>> I know PINE is not what debian users use, >>> but i recently convinced my girlfriend to >>> let me install debian on her windows computer. >>> Her only gripe with using it is >>> that there are no debs of Pine. >>> >>> She has tried building it from source >>> downloaded from washington.edu >>> but to no avail. >>> >>> Are there any debian-ized sources around >>> >>> or even debs being help somewhere? >>> >>> Thanks >> >> I use pine, and just downloaded the binary from washington's site. I then >> renamed the huge filename to "pine", stuck that file into a directory in >> my path, and it works fine. (prbably not the *debian* way, but it works >> fine for my home computer...) > >by the fine way, making a debian package isn't that hard after-all, right?
It isn't that hard: when you do a source-build, you literally make a package of it. The only problem is that according to the Pine license, that is a modified Pine and may not be distributed at all. > > -- The early worm gets the bird. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!