On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 09:09:22AM +0530, Muralikrishnan B wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 03:12, David Z Maze wrote: > > Muralikrishnan B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > How can get I dpkg-buildpackage to install the source package i'm > > > compiling in a different path (just like ./configure > > > --prefix=/custom/path) ? > > > > You'd need to edit the debian/rules script to configure the package > > appropriately. But why do you want to? > > I got the Evolution 1.3.1 snaphot source debs. Was trying to compile & > install it in say /opt/... (rather than what it assumes to be the > default path .. /usr/..)
If you're buliding a .deb, why bother? dpkg will be able to safely remove it from /usr, anyway. -- Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.ertius.org/ Encrypt your mail: 1024D/1E73B7CD, 4096R/3ABDE5EC | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: Rand Corporation INSCOM Sundevil president FIPS140 Fortezza
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