Re: compiled switches of existing packages

[tallison@tacocat.net]

> Russell Steicke wrote:
>
>> inspect the file "debian/rules", which is generally an executable
>> Makefile.  (It might be required to be a Makefile, but I'm not sure
>> about that.) Look at the build or build-stamp targets.  Edit the flags
>> there, if you like.  After that:
>>
>>   dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -rfakeroot
>
> Note that in addition to running "apt-get build-dep foo", you'll also
> need to install the "build-essential" and "fakeroot" packages first.
>


Thank you very much.  This did the trick.