Re: Debian etch - Rebuilding a package from source.

2009-01-03 Thread Chris Jones
On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 12:40:05AM EST, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Thursday 01 January 2009, Chris Jones wrote > about 'Re: Debian etch - Rebuilding a package from source.': > >On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:16:46PM EST, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> On W

Re: Debian etch - Rebuilding a package from source.

2009-01-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 01 January 2009, Chris Jones wrote about 'Re: Debian etch - Rebuilding a package from source.': >On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:16:46PM EST, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> On Wednesday 2008 December 31 18:45:26 Chris Jones wrote: >> > What I have done s

Re: Debian etch - Rebuilding a package from source.

2009-01-01 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:16:46PM EST, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Wednesday 2008 December 31 18:45:26 Chris Jones wrote: > > What I have done so far is pretty much what is described in the above: > > > > . apt-get source .. > > . build-dep .. > > . debuild .. > > . dpkg -i

Re: Debian etch - Rebuilding a package from source.

2008-12-31 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 2008 December 31 18:45:26 Chris Jones wrote: > What I have done so far is pretty much what is describe in the above: > > . apt-get source .. > . build-dep .. > . debuild .. > . dpkg -i .. I'll go ahead and disagree with the others, slightly. This is fine for packages

Re: Debian etch - Rebuilding a package from source.

2008-12-31 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 08:38:45PM EST, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > Chris Jones wrote: > >What I have done so far is pretty much what is described in the above: > > > >. apt-get source .. > >. build-dep .. > >. debuild .. > >. dpkg -i .. > > > >The process appears to work - as tes

Re: Debian etch - Rebuilding a package from source.

2008-12-31 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 09:05:08PM EST, Sam Morris wrote: > On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:45:26 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > > > > What I have done so far is pretty much what is described in the above: > > > > . apt-get source .. > > . build-dep .. > > . debuild .. > > . dpkg -i .. > >

Re: Debian etch - Rebuilding a package from source.

2008-12-31 Thread Sam Morris
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:45:26 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > What I have done so far is pretty much what is describe in the above: > > . apt-get source .. > . build-dep .. > . debuild .. > . dpkg -i .. That's just how to do it, yes. :) > The process appears to work - as tested on g

Re: Debian etch - Rebuilding a package from source.

2008-12-31 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Chris Jones wrote: What I have done so far is pretty much what is describe in the above: . apt-get source .. . build-dep .. . debuild .. . dpkg -i .. The process appears to work - as tested on gnu/screen - when I'm just recreating the same deb that I would install via apt-get.

Debian etch - Rebuilding a package from source.

2008-12-31 Thread Chris Jones
I'm not sure how to address the issue of reconfiguring official debs to enable some option or other that may be of interest to me and not to the general population and I hope I may be able to get some help on this list. I have often run into the case where the official debian package does not supp