Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mi...@seznam.cz> writes: > On lintian -i now I have this output: > lv2core source: newer-standards-version 3.8.1 (current is 3.7.3) > N: > N: The source package refers to a `Standards-Version' which is newer than > N: the highest one lintian is programmed to check. If the source package > N: is correct, then please upgrade lintian to the newest version. (If > N: there is no newer lintian version, then please bug > N: lintian-ma...@debian.org to make one.) > N: > > I have lintian 1.23.46 installed here, I am working on 8.04 Ubuntu based > distro. > I tried install newer lintian from sid, there are quite a lot new packages > which have to installed too. > I am afraid of broken system. > If you want to package stuff for Debian, it would be best (or rather necessary, I'd say) to do so in a pristine Debian system. You can set up a sid chroot easily with the cdebootstrap package (make sure you have enough space in the filesystem containing the directory you put the chroot in):
% sudo mkdir /chroots/sid % sudo cdebootstrap sid /chroots/sid You can additionally use schroot (from the same-name package) to enter the chroot without having to gain root privileges. You probably also want to bind-mount /home and some other directories inside the chroot so you have all your files accessible. For instance, my /etc/fstab contains: proc /chroots/lenny-i386/proc proc defaults 0 0 /home /chroots/lenny-i386/home none rbind 0 0 /tmp /chroots/lenny-i386/tmp none bind 0 0 /dev /chroots/lenny-i386/dev none rbind 0 0 Another thing to have a look at is 'pbuilder', which builds packages in a temporarily created chroot, re-building the chroot and installing build-depended packages automatically on each invocation. This is obviously slower, but has the advantage that you get a guaranteed-clean build environment. However, in your situation (using a Debian derivative), I'd go with a "manual" chroot, as you might be unable to install (and hence test!) your built packages on your main system, due to dependency issues. HTH, Rotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
