Jens Kubieziel said: > Hi, > > is there somewhere one the net a howto/tutorial etc. on how-to build a > deb-file from source. I run Debian woody and want to upgrade > Spamassassin. I don't want to go the Debian-way and take the package from > unstable. So I thought I take the original source and make a deb. --
the versions of spamassassin in testing and unstable are the same versions from what I see on packages.debian.org I would STRONGLY reccomend going the debian way where possible it will make life much easier. since spamassassin is perl based it is very easy to build the testing version on woody. There is no point in grabbing the unstable version for testing since they are the same versions. unless your looking for a version that is not in unstable? I built spamassassin from testing on woody about 2 weeks ago and it has been running fine since, about maybe 12,000 messages processed sofar. you'll also need to build a perl smtp module from testing as well, but since it's perl its very easy, no dependencies. if your still feeling crazy and want to try to make a deb on your own the official guide looks to be here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/programmer/index.html#contents a shortcut would be to make a .tar.gz file and use alien to convert it to .deb (or create a .rpm and convert to .deb with alien). this isn't the 'proper' way though. I use this way as a last resort. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
