Re: Compiling Sources and Maintaining a Debian System..

2002-11-01 Thread Richard Kimber
On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 07:25:51 -0600 Jamin W.Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 12:46:44 + Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > What do you do if the source is not available via apt-get? I.e. where > > do you unzip it? And do you have to do anything to it befo

Re: Compiling Sources and Maintaining a Debian System..

2002-11-01 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 12:46:44 + Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you do if the source is not available via apt-get? I.e. where > do you unzip it? And do you have to do anything to it before > proceeding? Now would be the time to read the New Maintainer's Guide: http://ww

Re: Compiling Sources and Maintaining a Debian System..

2002-11-01 Thread Richard Kimber
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:21:36 -0600 "Keith G. Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I went through the steps to get the sources.. apt-get source qpopper What do you do if the source is not available via apt-get? I.e. where do you unzip it? And do you have to do anything to it before proceeding?

Re: Compiling Sources and Maintaining a Debian System..

2002-10-31 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 09:12:53AM -0600, Sonny Kupka wrote: > I have the need and desire to compile some programs myself. > > I want to keep these up to date and keep my distribution Woody in sync. > > I wanted to recompile (as an example) qpopper > > I went through the steps to get the sources

Re: Compiling Sources and Maintaining a Debian System..

2002-10-31 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Sonny Kupka wrote: I have the need and desire to compile some programs myself. I want to keep these up to date and keep my distribution Woody in sync. I wanted to recompile (as an example) qpopper I went through the steps to get the sources.. apt-get source qpopper I then edited the qpopper*/d

Compiling Sources and Maintaining a Debian System..

2002-10-31 Thread Sonny Kupka
I have the need and desire to compile some programs myself. I want to keep these up to date and keep my distribution Woody in sync. I wanted to recompile (as an example) qpopper I went through the steps to get the sources.. apt-get source qpopper I then edited the qpopper*/debian/rules file and