on Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 03:44:37PM -0500, Michael Soulier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hey guys. What's the recommended method for custom Debian packages? > > Situation: I need xterm with logging enabled so I can log long builds at > work. No, script is not enough. > > I would like to rebuild xterm from source and enable logging, but I'd like > to wrap it up in a Debian .deb file so that it's tracked by the packaging > system. > > What's recommended here?
If you want to work within the Debian packaging system:
# cd to a suitable build directory
$ apt-get source xterm
# apply patches
# build binaries
$ fakeroot debian/binary
See debian docs for more info, there's some background on building
packages from sources.
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