Re: A few questions from a newbie.
On Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 07:49:32PM +0100, Frankie wrote:
> If there is not an x11amp package in slink, then a solution would be to download the
> (debianised) source and compile it. Almost all of the debian sources (in my
> experience) seem to compile straight away, with no problems. This way the package
> would only require whatever version of the libraries you have in your system (glibc
> 2.0 in slink, unless you have inadvertently upgraded your libraries to glibc2.1 when
> you got x11amp).
>
Well, then I have a question. I had the .debian-ized source for a program
that required a newer lib than I had. I compiled it, but it still claimed
to need the lib anyway. I used a --force option to install it in the end,
and it worked fine.
Is that the way it should have been done?
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