On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:41:56 +0100 Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't use the Debian packages. I download the src and just compile it. > It always compiles for me without problem. No doubt I would make my own > debs if I knew how, but I've always found the documentation on this > obscure.
I recently put together my first package from scratch. These instructions
were quite helpful:
http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/
Of course there is a world of difference between what I had put together
(par2cmdline) and sylpheed-claws. For larger packages I just want a later
version of what I generally do is download the updated source, download the
source from apt (apt-get source foo), copy the debian directory over and try
doing an unsigned binary build to see if it works. That method worked nicely
for a personal build of slrn 0.9.7.0 when I neded SSL compiled in and most
recently the 0.14.0.90 beta of Pan.
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