Re: Manipulating .debs

2002-12-13 Thread Sacha Chua
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Well, I always just ar x'd the .deb, then edited the control file, >> then used debian/rules binary to build a new .deb... > So ... where are you getting debian/rules? That's in *source* packages, > not binary packages (i.e. .debs). My bad. Am getting

Re: Manipulating .debs

2002-12-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 12:26:58AM +, Sacha Chua wrote: > Well, I always just ar x'd the .deb, then edited the control file, > then used debian/rules binary to build a new .deb... So ... where are you getting debian/rules? That's in *source* packages, not binary packages (i.e. .debs). -- Col

Re: Manipulating .debs

2002-12-12 Thread Sacha Chua
Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I wanted to remove a dependency from a debian package. I took it apart and >> edited the control-file, and put it back together. However, dpkg wouldn't > The easiest way is to use mc. ;-)) Well, I always just ar x'd the .deb, then edited the control

Re: Manipulating .debs

2002-12-12 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, Am 17:37 2002-12-07 + hat Stig Are M. Botterli geschrieben: > >I wanted to remove a dependency from a debian package. I took it apart and >edited the control-file, and put it back together. However, dpkg wouldn't >recognize it as a debian package. 'file' reports it as a "current ar >arc

Re: Manipulating .debs

2002-12-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 05:37:33PM +, Stig Are M. Botterli wrote: > In this particular case I found that building a dummy equiv .deb for > the package I didn't want installed on my system to be a better solution > anyway. This is a much better solution. Unless you know exactly what you're doi

Re: Manipulating .debs

2002-12-07 Thread Seneca
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:56:54AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Stig Are M. Botterli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 17:37:33 +]: > > I wanted to remove a dependency from a debian package. I took it apart and > > edited the control-file, and put it back together. However, dpkg wouldn't > > recogn

Re: Manipulating .debs

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Stig Are M. Botterli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 17:37:33 +]: > I wanted to remove a dependency from a debian package. I took it apart and > edited the control-file, and put it back together. However, dpkg wouldn't > recognize it as a debian package. 'file' reports it as a "current ar > arc

Manipulating .debs

2002-12-07 Thread Stig Are M. Botterli
I wanted to remove a dependency from a debian package. I took it apart and edited the control-file, and put it back together. However, dpkg wouldn't recognize it as a debian package. 'file' reports it as a "current ar archive", while it reports the original .deb as a Debian binary package. So the q