On Wednesday 16 July 2003 11:55, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 04:41:56PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote: > > I don't use the Debian packages. I download the src and just compile it. > > It always compiles for me without problem. No doubt I would make my own > > debs if I knew how, but I've always found the documentation on this > > obscure. > > Yeah, I'd love it if there was something more in the form of a concise > HOWTO. If there is one, I haven't found it but would love to be > proven wrong. God knows I would package everything I compile on my > own and throw up my own private apt-repository until I got confident > enough to apply as a DD.
Go around your arse to scratch your elbow method: build an RPM and use alien to make a .deb from the .rpm. -- Mike Mueller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
