-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I just noticed when cleaning out my home directory that I still have builds of qt-3.0.5 and kde 3.03 which I built using another distro, optimized for my particular machine. My question is this:
1)Is it required to make .debs out of these for total integration with apt/dpkg? And if so, having never done any package building whatsoever, is this something that any user can easily learn? 2)From locating existing files/dirs on this box for qt2 and kde2 I find files for both programs listed in /usr/lib and for kde2, in /etc. I originally built the sources for qt under /opt/qt3, because opt is empty just on about any box I ever install. Instructions for qt say there is no make install needed because everthing is run from the qt dir, you just need to export $QTDIR properly. The same basically holds true for kde in regards to exporting $KDEDIR properly. Now the main question seems to be: is it Debian correct to leave these builds as is, or do I need to rebuild with libdir=/usr/lib etc., etc.? Also if it's absolutely necessary to package them to be noticed, by apt, or dpkg or whatever for system maintenance reasons, can they packaged as I have built them, with the target destination of /opt? - -- Chuck Brewer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9whoC4cYuSvLqsAoRArkyAJ436ddWnEXekWxoAhe4a9KSwZrF3ACfdAGB NmHIqc0IIej9T1y3p00UaJs= =kzXg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
