What's the best way to maintain using the debian package system (so I don't get errors when doing a dselect) when I want to have custom-compiled programs?
This is what I want to do: Compile the apache frontpage server patch for apache 1.3.0. What's the best way to do this so I don't interfere with dselect dependency problems w/ like php3, mysql, cgiwrap, etc. I tried to add in the frontpage apache patch to the debian source files (.dsc, .orig, .diff, etc.), and create a new .deb but I had these problems: I downloaded the apache 1.3.0 source files from debian.org, but after I patched the source w/ the frontpage stuff and ran: dpkg-source -x .dsc I got errors about file sizes not matching. I could probably change the file sizes in .dsc but is this a safe way to do it (i.e., will the .diff file have problems)? Should I just abandon the debian package system and just install apache manually? But then I'll have to install php, etc. manually too right? Any thoughts appreciated on the best way to do this. Thanks, Chris
