On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 10:32:23 -0400, Brian Stults wrote: > Is there a way to figure out what options a debian developer used to > compile the source of a package.
Yes. Add "source" entries to your /etc/apt/sources.list; do "apt-get update" and from then on you can do "apt-get source <packagename>" to download the sources (which are typically split in an unmodified upstream tarball and a .diff.gz that details changes made for Debian packaging). HTH, Ray -- The "Penguin Powered" logos people love should really be "Penguin Empowered". That, I think, is the best thing about Linux, too. We've given the computer back to the user. Alan Cox in http://www2.linuxjournal.com/articles/culture/012.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]