Installing source code: debian/rules

[Ingo Hohmann <ingo@2b1.de>]

Hi there,

when compiling a very large program, it would come in handy
to stop the compiling process, and start it again later. 
The make system should be able to just start again where I 
stopped, but how do I tell debian/rules to not start over
again at configuring?

And, how do I give configure options to debian/rules?


I am nearly sure I've seen it mentioned in the docs some
distant day, but I can't remember, nor can I find it, at
the moment. So every help would be highly appreciated.


Thanks,

Ingo