Re: Canonical way to set compile flags with package manager

2011-10-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Raf Czlonka writes: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 11:02:11PM BST, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I went ahead and compiled it myself and installed in /usr/local >> >> Is there anyway to do that and still allow pkgmanager to keep track of >> the install? > > Apart from rebuilding the package from source pack

Re: Canonical way to set compile flags with package manager

2011-10-15 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 11:02:11PM BST, Harry Putnam wrote: > I went ahead and compiled it myself and installed in /usr/local > > Is there anyway to do that and still allow pkgmanager to keep track of > the install? Apart from rebuilding the package from source packages, would 'checkinstall' fulf

Re: Canonical way to set compile flags with package manager

2011-10-06 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/06/2011 06:02 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: If I wanted a special compile time flag set at compile time, for a package, is the only way to just compile it myself, or is there some procedure where the package manager is involved and thereby is able to keep stats on the installed pkg? For example:

Canonical way to set compile flags with package manager

2011-10-06 Thread Harry Putnam
If I wanted a special compile time flag set at compile time, for a package, is the only way to just compile it myself, or is there some procedure where the package manager is involved and thereby is able to keep stats on the installed pkg? For example: I keep a fair number of system files, like e