Re: How to make from source debian package?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-07-31 03:43, Csanyi Pal wrote:
> Brian <claremont102@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Wed 29 Jul 2009 at 16:00:16 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
> >
> > > the gnustep packages are very old when installed from the official
> > > repositories so I wish to make debian packages from sources:
> > > tarballs, or SVN to make the fresh gnustep debian packages for the
> > > Lenny.
> > If the packages in unstable are new enough for you they could be
> > backported to Lenny. Here is a possible route to take:
>
> The packages in unstable are not new enough for me:
>
> unstable versions:
> -----------------
> gnustep-make-2.0.8
> gnustep-base-1.19.0
> gnustep-gui-0.16.0
> gnustep-back-0.16.0
> projectcenter.app-0.5.0~20080704
> gorm.app-1.2.8
>
> the newest tarball (.tar.gz) versions:
> -------------------------------------
> GNUstep Make - 2.2.0
> GNUstep Base - 1.19.1
> GNUstep GUI - 0.17.0
> GNUstep Back - 0.17.0
> Project Center - 0.5.0
> Gorm - 1.2.8

Don't forget to file a bug asking for the latest versions to be 
properly packaged.

Also, look at the Sid deb-src diff files to see what they modify.

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