On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 at 07:11, David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 2020-09-30 03:31, David wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 14:57, David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> > > wrote:
> >> I have installed the source code for the 'perl' package: > >> $ apt-get source perl > I read: > debian/README.Debian > debian/Documentation > debian/README.source > README > README.linux > Unfortunately, none provide simple instructions for building on Debian. >From what I have observed, I think your expectation that such instructions would be provided in that location is inconsistent with the practice and aims of the Debian project. Debian is basically a software packaging project. Your apt-get source command downloaded a source _package_. The purpose of a source _package_ is to build installable (aka binary) packages, and Debian provides instruction on how to do that. If you want to work with un-packaged source code, you would obtain it from the upstream Perl project (not from Debian), and also be responsible yourself for ensuring that all its build dependencies are present. When source code has complex dependencies, then I find it easier to be lazy and just take advantage of the work that has already been done by the Debian maintainers to satisfy that requirement. > > I suggest you try the usual method > > using debuild here: > > https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingTutorial#Rebuild_without_changes [...] > After 42 minutes, it seems to have worked: And during that 42 minutes, you can do something more interesting than trying to solve build dependency problems :) [...] > Hopefully, that will be sufficient for now. Great, I'm glad to hear it worked for you so that you could move closer to your goal.
