Make a directory like 'perl-5.003' somewhere. Make sure you have debmake. Change into that directory and do 'deb-make'. It'll set up a couple things. create a 'Makefile' in the top level that responds to clean, all, install (but does nothing). Change into the debian directory and edit the control file to include the same things perl does. Also edit the rules file to remove the check for root. go up one directory and run dpkg-buildpackage. This should leave a couple dummy packages sitting one directory up. Install the perl one, and you'll now have perl installed (as far as dpkg knows). But just a dummy version.
(What I did for ntex when I installed it do dselect would stop telling me that package so and so recommended latex. Just grabbed all the provides out of the standard tex packages, and put them all in one line for ntex). Jim -- @James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Blessed Be! @ http://www.dimensional.com/~dres | Linux is cool! @"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." Bach -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
