dpkg-buildpackage

[Preston Landers <planders@mail.utexas.edu>]

mcv21@cus.cam.ac.uk wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Daniel Elenius wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible when installing a debian package with:
> >
> > dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc
> > , followed by ./configure, make, make install,
> 
> The correct method is:
> 
> dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc
> cd packagename.dsc
> debian/rules build
> debian/rules binary
> 
> cd ..
> dpkg -i packagename.deb
> 

Ummm, what's wrong with

dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc
cd packagename
dpkg-buildpackage
cd ..
dpkg -i packagename.deb

I think you don't even have to be root if you use the fake-root package,
whatever that is.

I used to use debian/rules build, until someone pointed out the
dpkg-buildpackage command to me.

---Preston