Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?
On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 05:22:51PM -0400, Navindra Umanee wrote:
> You know, I tried almost exactly this but bailed when one of the
> commands wanted root priviledges and then started doing some
> unexpected /usr/bin/install's (which failed because my
> /usr/bin/install is atypical). I mean, all I wanted was to build a
> package to generate a .deb not *install* it or do *anything* that
> would require root privileges.
It doesn't really require root - install fakeroot and use "-rfakeroot"
when building. It thinks it needs root to set the ownership of files to
root (among other things), but in actual fact dpkg will do the right thing
without. I gather it's a legacy
What package building does is very much like installing using a tool
like stow - you build the package, and then install it into its own
directory tree. This usually uses whatever procedures the package uses,
so a lot of times install is involved. After this the appropriate wands
are waved to pull everything into .debs and source package.
Take a look at the developer's reference and other maintainer
documentation - most of this stuff is documented or pointed to, but the
information isn't pushed at users.
> > Personally I always found dpkg easier than RPM for building packages,
> > but perhaps it's just me.
> IIRC all it took to build SRPMS is one single rpm command.
I know, but I never felt like I was in control. It also seemed very
attached to using /usr/src and leaving files around there.
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