On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 07:26:09PM -0800, Daniel Quinlan wrote: > That is one nice advantage of using the RPM or .deb packages if you can. > The old files are automatically removed. It only took me a few minutes > to build the Debian package and install it (although I did have some > unmet dependencies for which I had to do some upgrades). the old files > > export [EMAIL PROTECTED] > export DEBFULLNAME="Joe Bloggs" > ./debian/build.pl > dpkg-buildpackage > # fakeroot, sudo, or "su -c" for next command > fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage > # note wildcard in below command (today's date will change real soon now) > sudo dpkg -i ../spamassassin_2.44pre2.50cvs2003*-1_all.deb > > Duncan, I had to upgrade debconf to the version in Debian testing to > meet the debconf version requirements. Shouldn't it be possible to > build and install the SpamAssassin .deb on Debian stable?
Yes. Feel free to ignore/change the dependency. It was something that lintian was whining about, and I felt oblige to satisfy it. I don't really understand why it's important, but I think it has something to do with restarting on upgrades or something. It'll work fine if you make it Depends: debconf. -- Duncan Findlay ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
