Re: Article about apt-build

2004-12-25 Thread Chasecreek Systemhouse
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 21:42:14 +0200, George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can also try sbuild, apt-src, pbuilder and apt-fu (still unofficial) from > deb & deb-src http://des.petta-tech.bogomips.org/~eric/apt-fu/ ./ Wasn't it Larry Wall who said "Do we need 10 ways to do something?" Al

Re: Article about apt-build

2004-12-25 Thread Chasecreek Systemhouse
=) Well, not to follow up to my own post but ... something as simple as apt-build install top doesnt work. I guess I have no idea what I'm going to use apt-build for - or maybe I'm just so accustomed to building/installing everything into /usr/local/ (I mean I compile software for Solaris, Debian

Re: Article about apt-build

2004-12-25 Thread Chasecreek Systemhouse
OK :-) I have played with it a bit and find it will not download things like openoffice.org or gnome-core Maybe Im mis-understanding the configuration or the intent of apt-build? I know openoffice.org is a source package available via apt-get source|build-dep etc... ??? -- WC -Sx- Jones http:/

Re: Article about apt-build

2004-12-22 Thread Chasecreek Systemhouse
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:52:58 +0100, Julien Danjou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have translated a french article about apt-build. This is a quick > introduction about its usage. > I hope this could help some people to use this software and to make it > better by sending patches, for ex