If I'm building a package from the Debian package source, and the build
fails half way through, how do I pick up where I left off when I retry,
rather than starting from scratch?
For example, I'm building xfree 3.3.5 from the Debian source. Compiling
xfree86 takes a tremendous amount of time. The build failed half-way
through because it couldn't find a header file. I remedied the header
file situation, then again executed "./debian/rules binary" and the
build appears to be starting from the beginning! That means I lost
hours of compile time already. Was there something I should have done
to make it start where it left off, rather than start fresh?
I assumed debian/rules worked like make, i.e. it doesn't bother with
things that don't need to be changed.
Thanks,
Matt
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Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning."
--Pink Floyd, "Echoes"
