Re: Building stable packages
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 11:38:59AM +0200, Holger Kubiak wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to build a package. There is the dependency ${shlibs::Depends}
> in debian/control. On my machine I run unstable. Because of this, the
> package built with dpkg-buildpackage needs a libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1). I want to
> install this package on systems running stable. At those hosts, I only
> find libc6=2.2.5-11.5 and the package won't be installed with apt-get.
>
> When I use pbuilder, I get a package that could be installed on woody. The
> problem is, that the files are not signed.
>
> How can I build a signed package on unstable for installing on stable?
> (Without deleting the dependency ${shlibs:Depends} )
>
>
If you can't get a woody box, I suggest to use a woody chroot and
compile your package inside.
apt-cache show debootstrap
will help you.
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