Re: can't find ipchains

[Ilya Martynov <m_ilya@agava.com>]

D> apt-get tells me there is no package named ipchains.  I checked on
D> packages.debian.org and I don't see 'ipchains' in potato, but I do see
D> it for woody and sid.  I thought I might get the woody version, but it
D> is linked against a newer libc.  Is there somewhere I can find
D> ipchains for potato, or where can I find an explanation of dpkg's
D> version of "rpm --rebuild ipchains-x.y.z.src.rpm"?

Analog for rpm --rebuild ipchains-x.y.z.src.rpm is

install packages required to build source package

  apt-get build-dep ipchains (as root)

build source package

  fakeroot apt-get source -b ipchains (as any user)

install built package

  dpkg -i ipchains-x.y.z.deb (as root)

This requires proper strings for source packages in
sources.list. Something like:

  deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
  deb-src ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free

It is from my sources.list. I run testing but install sometimes
packages from unstable via compilation of source packages.

P.S. I'm not sure if 'apt-get build-dep' works with apt version on
stable. If it doesn't work you will need to manually install required
for build packages.

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