if memories serves, there should be a tool that can help you make such virtual package - hmm..
however, if you would build it as if you are building the package gcc, it'll work just fine. -- remember to replace the maintainer information,tho. -- Calvin "Lamer" Uncertified Linux Player Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaul Karl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chan Siu On" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 7:45 AM Subject: Re: Building and installing gcc-3.0 > > Hi all, > > > > I want to build and install gcc-3.0 on my Debian "potato" 2.2r3. I have > > downloaded gcc-3.0.tar.gz. If I simply type "configure", "make" and "make > > install", would Debian realize that gcc has been upgraded? > > > If by `Debian' you meant dselect, dpkg and freinds then the answer is no. > Those actions will not make `Debian' realize that gcc is upgraded. > > > > If not, what > > should I do? For some reasons, I don't want to apt-get it from the > > Internet. > > > > > I guess that you have to build the deb for yourself. Without having a deb-src > package I would say that this is a difficult task I would say. > > > > Also, what should be my toplevel installation directory for gcc-3.0? It > > defaults to /usr/local/, but as far as I know, almost all debian programs > > are installed to /usr/ rather than /usr/local/ (<- am I correct?). If I am > > right, than should I install gcc-3.0 in /usr/ instead of /usr/local/? > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > You are right about /usr and /usr/local. In fact, this is intentional and > defined in policy. Actually, your situation is one of the reasons for this > policy. There fore, installing gcc-3.0 from the tar balls in /usr/local seems > to me the best solution. That way you might have a working version of it and > although `Debian' would not know about it they might live in peace. But do > note that I have no experience with these matters so that when you get down to > the small details things might get complicated. > > You might want to look at the mailing lists archive of debian-devel. There was > a long discussion there about having gcc-3.0. This might give you more > understanding about the problems that you will have to solve. > > > -- > > Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hillel used to say: If I am not for myself who will be for me? > Yet, if I am for myself only, what am I? And if not now, when? > (Ethics Of The Fathers 1:14) > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
