I finally managed to compile the package hotplug from testing for my potato system.
I did this: Change the /etc/apt/sources.list to include this line: deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian testing main contrib non-free apt-get update apt-get source --build hotplug It seem to work with heaps of output to the screen. More importantly I now have a file called: hotplug_0.0.20010228-3_all.deb to install :-) (And it seems to work after using dpkg -i to install it.) However, the last few lines of output when compiling the .deb seem a little worrying:dpkg-deb: ---------------------------------------------------- building package `hotplug' in `../hotplug_0.0.20010228-3_all.deb'. dpkg-genchanges -b dpkg-genchanges: binary-only upload - not including any source code dpkg-buildpackage: no source included in upload ---------------------------------------------------- Does this indicate an error? Does anyone know what this means about "binary-only" and "no source included"? I thought this compiled it from source??????? I don't understand, please someone enlighten me. Also, another question; when I issued the command: apt-get source --build hotplug, it put all the source files and compiled .deb in the current directory. Should I have made a directory /usr/local/src/hotplug and cd'ed to it before issuing this command? Is this where you should keep these source packages in a traditional debian layout? Regards. Mark.
