Re: how to build from _modified_ source package
Daniel B. wrote:
> How do you rebuild a Debian package from source _with_ local
> modifications?
>
> The instructions I've seen all extract source (original plus
> patches) and build in one step, not giving a chance to make
> local edits.
I frequently do this with couple of packages. For example, I would like
to have readline support, history support in gnuplot. So I recompile it
myself in a "debianized way". The step-by-step instructions as to how I
do it can be found at
http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/2007/04/build-gnuplot-with-gnu-readline-and.html
BTW, This has been recently discussed at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/11/msg01245.html
hth
raju
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Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/
http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/
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