On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Michael Meding wrote: > Hello everybody, >
Before I begin, I want to mention that there is mailing list specifically for newbie packagers called debian-mentors@lists.debian.org . You should ask this kind of question there. > I am trying to find out where to change the environment variables to get > the package build for a specific target (i.e. instead of i386 i686). In the debian subdirecotry of a package there will be a file called rules. It is a Makefile so you can define anything you want using standard make(1) syntax. What exactly you have to change will depend on the program. If it uses autoconf(1), it may be as simple as adding --target=i686 or something to the call to configure in debian/rules. > Also I would like to know how to change something in a configuration > file in the build directory and then get the build done with the changed > configuration file (because dpkg-buildpackage wipes out my build tree > everytime it runs). debian/rules has a number of targets, dpkg-buildpackage automatically calls the clean target. However you can also do something like e.g. $ fakeroot debian/rules binary to bypass clean and go directly to the binary target. This is also handy so you don't have to start all over again if your compile craps out part of the way through. -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
