Re: Running ./configure with "apt-get --compile source"?
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 12:00:20PM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote:
> Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> writes:
> > I need to build bind9 for a vserver. I've been told that the magic
> > spell is:
> >
> > ./configure --disable-linux-caps.
> >
> > Until now, I've only used "apt-get install" or "apt-get --compile
> > source". I didn't see how to do this in the apt-get or
> > dpkg-buildpackage man pages.
> >
> > What is the recommended way to do this within the Debian
> > packaging system?
>
> I grabbed the source with "apt-get source bind9" and then added
> --disable-linux-caps to the configure command in debian/rules and ran
> dpkg-buildpackage manually.
>
> It worked, but it would be nice to get confirmation that this was the
> Right Way to Do It.
It was. You can use apt-src to help you manage such local changes,
although this is quite a new system.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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