On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:41:56 +0100 Richard Kimber <rkimber@ntlworld.com> wrote: > I don't use the Debian packages. I download the src and just compile it. > It always compiles for me without problem. No doubt I would make my own > debs if I knew how, but I've always found the documentation on this > obscure. I recently put together my first package from scratch. These instructions were quite helpful: http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ Of course there is a world of difference between what I had put together (par2cmdline) and sylpheed-claws. For larger packages I just want a later version of what I generally do is download the updated source, download the source from apt (apt-get source foo), copy the debian directory over and try doing an unsigned binary build to see if it works. That method worked nicely for a personal build of slrn 0.9.7.0 when I neded SSL compiled in and most recently the 0.14.0.90 beta of Pan. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. | -- Lenny Nero - Strange Days -------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
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