Re: lame and Debian packages

[marshal@h9.dion.ne.jp]

>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> writes:

    Colin> On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 01:08:36AM +0900,
    Colin> marshal@h9.dion.ne.jp wrote:
    >> >>>>> "stan" == stan <stanb@awod.com> writes:
    >> 
    stan> I found the lame source on SourceFoorge (what a great
    stan> resource!), and when I unpacked it, I discovered that it had
    stan> a debbian subdorectory. So here is the question.
    >>  as root, try, from the source packaged base directory,
    Colin>   ^^^^^^^
    >> i.e. lame-xx.yy.zz or whatever it might be, "debian/rules
    >> binary".

    Colin> Generally speaking, do as little as possible as root. You
    Colin> don't need root privileges to build Debian packages at all;
    Colin> just install fakeroot and run 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
    Colin> -uc -us' (or 'debian/rules build; fakeroot debian/rules
    Colin> binary' if you prefer').

Agreed.  It does require some "higher" privliages though.  To run
'install', I think.  I use sudo myself.  But yes, don't be root unless
you have to.

Good Luck!

Marshal



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