Re: building deb-src packages

2002-05-15 Thread Andy Saxena
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 12:36:54AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Looks about right to me, although you want 'apt-get build-dep' in the > former case too. You need to get build-dependencies as root, while > everything else can be done as an ordinary user. > > Actually, there's a note in the FAQ abou

Re: building deb-src packages

2002-05-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 09:41:45PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Now, how do I optimize for a specific architecture, like i586? > "man dpkg-buildpackage" refers to the Arch standard variable, > but doesn't mention how to set it. Arch is unlikely to be what you want - that's really the Debian archite

Re: building deb-src packages

2002-05-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 16:08, Simon Law wrote: > On 13 May 2002, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Help! I need a Manual to Fscking Read! > > > > I've downloaded the mozilla source package, but am unsure > > of what to do next. > > Do I do this: > >dpkg-deb --build /etc/apt/mozilla-1+rc1 > > or > >

Re: building deb-src packages

2002-05-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 06:27:17PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 16:20, Colin Watson wrote: > > (I hope you didn't unpack it in /etc/apt! Use 'apt-get source' as an > > ordinary user, not as root, and usually somewhere in your home > > directory.) > > Uh, yeah. That's where I

Re: building deb-src packages

2002-05-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 16:20, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 03:19:34PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > I've downloaded the mozilla source package, but am unsure > > of what to do next. > > Do I do this: > >dpkg-deb --build /etc/apt/mozilla-1+rc1 > > or > >cd /etc/apt/mozilla

Re: building deb-src packages

2002-05-13 Thread David Z Maze
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've downloaded the mozilla source package, but am unsure > of what to do next. > Do I do this: >dpkg-deb --build /etc/apt/mozilla-1+rc1 > or >cd /etc/apt/mozilla-1+rc1 && dpkg-buildpackage -ai686 > > Or something totally different? What are yo

Re: building deb-src packages

2002-05-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 03:19:34PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > I've downloaded the mozilla source package, but am unsure > of what to do next. > Do I do this: >dpkg-deb --build /etc/apt/mozilla-1+rc1 > or >cd /etc/apt/mozilla-1+rc1 && dpkg-buildpackage -ai686 (I hope you didn't unpack i

Re: building deb-src packages

2002-05-13 Thread Simon Law
On 13 May 2002, Ron Johnson wrote: > Help! I need a Manual to Fscking Read! > > I've downloaded the mozilla source package, but am unsure > of what to do next. > Do I do this: >dpkg-deb --build /etc/apt/mozilla-1+rc1 > or >cd /etc/apt/mozilla-1+rc1 && dpkg-buildpackage -ai686 > > Or

building deb-src packages

2002-05-13 Thread Ron Johnson
Help! I need a Manual to Fscking Read! I've downloaded the mozilla source package, but am unsure of what to do next. Do I do this: dpkg-deb --build /etc/apt/mozilla-1+rc1 or cd /etc/apt/mozilla-1+rc1 && dpkg-buildpackage -ai686 Or something totally different? Thanks, Ron -- +-