Dear All, >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 6 21:36:19 2000 Path: news.york.ac.uk!rl117 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (R Leigh) Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux Subject: building Debian sources Date: 4 May 2000 16:52:14 GMT Organization: The University of York, UK Lines: 15 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NNTP-Posting-Host: tower.york.ac.uk X-Trace: pump1.york.ac.uk 957459134 25444 144.32.128.102 (4 May 2000 16:52:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NNTP-Posting-Date: 4 May 2000 16:52:14 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.3 (UNIX) Xref: news.york.ac.uk uk.comp.os.linux:79291
Has anyone successfully built XFree86 from the Debian 2.1 sources? I have tried `debian/rules', `debian/rules build', `debian/rules binary' and `dpkg-buildpackage' as both a normal user and root to no avail. It does not link the object code to produce any executables e.g. X servers even though it spends hours compiling the lot, and stops with an error about the permissions being set wrong on the control directory. The dpkg-buildpackage docs only mention the control _file_ and even with that and/or debian/ changed to these permissions the build fails. I have all the packages it says I need to build it. Any advice or pointers to the right docs appreciated, Thanks, Roger -- Roger Leigh ** Registration Number: 151826, http://counter.li.org **
