Re: Bug#24224: DPKG lacks configure script
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Marc Singer wrote:
> > Package: dpkg
> > Version: 1.4.0.23.2
> >
> > There is no configure script in the source distribution. This may
> > prevent compilation of dpkg (and therefore the creating of debian
> > compatible packages) on non-Debian systems.
> It's also quite likely that gettext, libtool and automake files are
> missing from various dpkg source packages.
> If the next person who compiles it asks Ben (che@debian.org) how he got
> APT to have these files then perhaps we can correct this.
The best way is to use "make dist" to create the source tarball.
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