On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 12:18:46PM +1000, Mark wrote: > OK, I still don't understand how to do this properly. > > I am running a 2.4.3 kernel on potato using Adrian Bunk's extra packages > for 2.4.x kernels. > > Lets say I need the package hotplug (which allows me to setup my usb > cdrw). > > Now do I do the following to get this: > > 1. Change my sources.list to contain this: > deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian testing main contrib > non-free > > 2. Type: > apt-get update > apt-get source --build hotplug > > Is this how to do it? > Yes, and if you get errors, make sure you have all of the build-depends installed.
Mike
