Re: creating updated debs

2001-08-20 Thread David Roundy
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 12:14:41PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote: > > Sometimes it's possible to download the package source from testing or > > frozen and build and install that. It keeps you from having to make a new > > package, and is a mostly automated process. > > I'm using testing right now

Re: creating updated debs

2001-08-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:59:30PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote: > I find that on the occasion a package or library that I need becomes > outdated. Lately, I've begun to install those packages from source, but > that tends to be a bad solution, because then I can't install any > packages that are

Re: creating updated debs

2001-08-19 Thread Brandon High
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 12:14:41PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote: > > Sometimes it's possible to download the package source from testing or > > frozen and build and install that. It keeps you from having to make a new > > package, and is a mostly automated process. > > Hey, > > I'm using testing

Re: creating updated debs

2001-08-19 Thread Cameron Matheson
> Sometimes it's possible to download the package source from testing or > frozen and build and install that. It keeps you from having to make a new > package, and is a mostly automated process. Hey, I'm using testing right now. Is their a way I could download from sid w/ apt-get and not edit my

Re: creating updated debs

2001-08-19 Thread Brandon High
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:59:30PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote: > > I find that on the occasion a package or library that I need becomes > outdated. Lately, I've begun to install those packages from source, but > that tends to be a bad solution, because then I can't install any > packages that