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Re: deb from source



On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 02:39:13PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 11:26:13PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
> > I'm trying to build gtk2.0-dbg .deb from source.
> > 
> > I downloaded:
> >   gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.dsc
> >   gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.diff.gz
> >   gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig.tar.gz
> > 
> > then:
> >   tar -xzvf gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig.tar.gz
> >   gunzip    gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.diff.gz
> > 
> >   patch -p0 < gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.diff
> > 
> >   cd gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig
> 
> That's a ... convoluted (and wrong) way to extract a source package.
> Remove that gtk+2.0_2.2.1.orig directory, and try this instead:
> 
>   dpkg-source -x gtk+2.0_2.2.1-6.dsc

I've seen it posted several times before, without anyone pointing out
that it's wrong. Thanks, I'll stop doing it. Is that why I keep
finding debian/rules without execute permissions?

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