On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 02:33:25PM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: > I just tried `apt-get source -b xmms' and the package was downloaded > and built in /etc. Why there? Wouldn't it be better to do it in > /usr/src? apt-get source downloads the source to the current directory. You happened to be in /etc when issuing the command, thus the sources got there as well. > If I can't change Debian policy, how can I configure apt-get to > download and build in /usr/src? Assuming, of course, that someone > convinces me I don't want to do that ;-). This one I don't know if it's configurable, but if you really feel that cd'ing to /usr/src manually is too cumbersome, just make a script, say apt-build: #!/bin/sh -e cd /usr/src apt-get source -b "$@" With little magic one could also install built packages automatically in the script... -- Tommi Komulainen Tommi.Komulainen@iki.fi GPG 1024D/68388EE6 6FD6 DD79 EB38 BF6F 3533 09C0 04A8 9871 6838 8EE6
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