On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 05:24:58PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > As root, from a directory you don't mind building in: > > $ apt-get update this needs root > $ apt-get source mutt this does not. [snip] > Build and make package. Following assumes you're in the mutt source directory: > > $ debian/rules build > $ debian/rules binary $ fakeroot debian/rules binary or replace both steps with: dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot you need not and should not compile source as root unless there is a very good, necessary reason for doing so. (building glibc packages require real root and not fakeroot.) -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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