> I am having problems installing the wu-ftpd package from source.
>
> The whole reason I am grabbing the source is that I want to use a more
> recent version of wu-ftpd than what is available with the slink binary
> packages. If I can build the package from the source files to give me
> a slink compatible package, it is all the better.
>
> I update my /etc/apt/sources.list with
> http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
>
> and then I did a
> # apt-get update
> $ apt-get source wu-ftpd
>
> and it retrieved the 2.6.0 wu-ftpd. It looks as if it applied the patch for
> me. I got an erro with the "debian/rules" binary though
>
> $ cd wu-ftpd-2.6.0
> $ debian/rules binary
> dh_testdir
> make: dh_testdir: Command not found
> make: *** [build-stamp] Error 127
>
> Do you know what this error indicates?
>
You do not have dh_testdir which is in the debhelper package.
[04:35:30 /tmp]$ man dh_testdir
DH_TESTDIR(1) Debhelper Commands DH_TESTDIR(1)
NAME
dh_testdir - test directory before building debian package
SYNOPSIS
dh_testdir [debhelper options] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
dh_testdir tries to make sure that you are in the correct
directory when building a debian package. It makes sure
that the file debian/control exists, as well as any other
files you specify. If not, it exits with an error.
OPTIONS
[debhelper options]
See debhelper(1) for a list of options common to
all debhelper commands.
file ...
Test for the existence of these files.
>
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 11:37:32PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 06:24:50PM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote:
> > > I posted this to the list once already, but I don't know if it made it.
> > >
> > > I am trying to compile a debian package from source. I can go to the
> > > package's
> > > web page and get the original source along with the diff. How do I apply
> > > the
> > > patch?
> > >
> > > If I do a
> > >
> > > $ tar zxf wu-ftpd_2.6.0.orig.tar.gz
> > > $ zcat wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.diff.gz | patch -p1
> > > can't find file to patch at input line 3
> > > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
> > > The text leading up to this was:
> > > --------------------------
> > > |--- wu-ftpd-2.6.0.orig/src/ftpcount.c
> > > |+++ wu-ftpd-2.6.0/src/ftpcount.c
> > > --------------------------
> > > File to patch:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am interested in the wu-ftpd package.
> > >
> > > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/net/wu-ftpd_2.6.0.orig.tar.gz
> > > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/net/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.diff.gz
> >
> > To create a package from the Debian source, you should also install
> > dpkg-dev and download
> > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/net/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.dsc
> >
> > Then type "dpkg-source -x wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.dsc" (as root). This will
> > unpack the source and apply the patch. You should then cd to the
> > wu-ftpd-2.6.0 directory which was created and type "debian/rules binary".
> > This will compile the source and create the Debian package for you.
>
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> Brian Lavender
> http://www.brie.com/brian/
>
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