Re: dpkg question
On May 9, Ryan Shaw wrote
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> in redhat there are source packages and binary packages. one may
> download the source package and use `rpm --rebuild <package name>' to
> build binary packages from that. quite easy, and useful in my case.
> the gcc that shipped with redhat didn't function correctly on my AMD K5
> so i had to recompile it and then install the locally compiled package.
>
> is there any feature like this in dpkg/debian? i noticed there aren't
> any source packages per se, but there were .orig.tar.gz files.
>
> how would i accomplish what i described above with debian/dpkg?
You need to get .orig.tar.gz, .diff.gz and .dsc files. Then type
dpkg-source -x name-of-package.dsc
This will unpack a debianized source into a package-version directory. cd
there and type
debian/rules binary
The .deb will be built in the dir a step above current.
HTH
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