On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 14:57, David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
> I have installed the source code for the 'perl' package: > > $ apt-get source perl Ok. You haven't yet said why though, so our suggestions can't be tailored to your goals until you advise what those might be. > When I attempt to compile the package per the instructions in INSTALL: I know nothing about Perl, but having rebuilt quite a number of Debian source packages I can offer general advice that might be useful if you are unaware of it. First, I wouldn't start from there. Have you done any research on "how to build Debian packages"?If not, that would be advisable. I haven't checked this package, but at a guess INSTALL sounds like it will be the instructions provided with the original source, before packaging. So those instructions could possibly be unaware of Debian-specific requirements or modifications or methods or library locations. > $ cd perl-5.24.1 > > $ sh Configure -de > <snip> > > $ make That's ignoring any Debian patches. I suggest you try the usual method using debuild here: https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingTutorial#Rebuild_without_changes There is some more information here: https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/debian-packaging.html#sect.rebuilding-package All the components that you wish to build are likely to be built during the binary package builds. Although it is possible that things will become complicated if the perl source package is a large package that builds many binary packages.
