On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:11:08AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: [Please don't send me private copies of list mail.]
> On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > > Sounds like you extracted the source package as root. Don't do that; you > > don't need to. > > Ah, thanks. > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html > > shows: > > To download a source package, you would use the following command: > > # apt-get source packagename You might file a bug against apt-howto saying that it should use '$' rather than '#' here, so as not to recommend being root. > BTW on that page: > > # dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b > > is there any need for -rfakeroot when run as root? No. > Now, I use the following to change the version before building the > package: > > $ dch -v 0.9.3-2+local.1 > > is there a way to use --increment when building locally. I assume that > would break things. It would be nice if there was an > --append-to-version. I guess my question is really: what's the easiest > way to update the version. -v, probably. > Finally, I suppose if 0.9.3-3 shows up in the debian sources then my next > dist-upgrade will overwrite my local version, correct? Yes. You can use an epoch in your local version if you want to avoid that. > It would be nice if a dist-upgrade could warn me that a new package is > available, and then I could download the source again, apply my changes > and rebuild again. Sounds like you want something like apt-src. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
