Re: OT: why I don't want CCs
On Wednesday 16 July 2003 11:55, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 04:41:56PM +0100, Richard Kimber 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.
>
> Yeah, I'd love it if there was something more in the form of a concise
> HOWTO. If there is one, I haven't found it but would love to be
> proven wrong. God knows I would package everything I compile on my
> own and throw up my own private apt-repository until I got confident
> enough to apply as a DD.
Go around your arse to scratch your elbow method: build an RPM and use alien
to make a .deb from the .rpm.
--
Mike Mueller
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