philipp beitz, thank you for the hint with prevu. This makes it easy and allows even building packages for distros other than the currently running one.
Anyone who wants to test simply do sudo apt-get install prevu sudo DIST=gutsy prevu-init DIST=gutsy prevu https://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/gutsy/ghostscript/ghostscript_8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3.3.dsc You can build for any Ubuntu version regardless of what is running on your build host, simply by replacing "gutsy" with the name of the target Ubuntu version. -- [Gutsy SRU Request] Ghostscript in Gutsy and Hardy is not able to print encrypted PDFs out of Adobe Reader 8.1.1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172264 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs