Re: Compiling the util-linux package for potato

[cjw44@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson)]

Morten Bo Johansen <mojo@image.dk> wrote:
>I have fetched the deb-src package of util-linux 2.10q to comply with
>the demands of a kernel 2.4.1. Compiling and installing it seems more
>daunting than usual -- the MCONFIG file in the source archive lists a
>lot of options that should be answered correctly so as not to wind up
>with a system that you cannot log into.

Shouldn't the Debian source package already be patched appropriately?
Just run 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot' to build it, assuming you have
all the necessary development packages.

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Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]