Re: Re: Old software in debian allowed?

[Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net>]

If you only need to build a package for yourself, it must be something
similar to that, you should try

# apt-get source FOO_BAR
# apt-get build-dep FOO_BAR
# mv -vi FOO_BAR-xy/ FOO_BAR-pq
# wget FOO_BAR'S_NEW_SOURCE_FROM_UPSTREAM
# tar xvjf FOO_BAR-...
# cd FOO_BAR-...
# gedit debian/changelog
# gedit debian/rules
# libtoolize --force --copy --automake
# aclocal
# autoreconf
# debuild -b -us -uc
# dpkg -i

if this shouldn't work, try to compile the most common way, configure,
make, make install, but replace make only or make and make install by
checkinstall

# ./configure
# checkinstall --install=no
# dpkg -i