Re: Modifying existing packages

2008-06-18 Thread Chris Lamb
Matthew Palmer wrote: A quick Google search has found a couple of things that might be of use to you: http://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/archives/282-How-to-fork-privately.html .. was on Planet earlier this year. Regards, -- Chris Lamb, UK [EMAIL

Re: Modifying existing packages

2008-06-17 Thread Sam Morris
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:20:40 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: For instance, I need to modify Exim to include MySQL support. In this case you might only need to install exim4-daemon-heavy. If you do need to do a custom build of exim then you should take advantage of the package's rather nice

Re: Modifying existing packages

2008-06-17 Thread Jerry Stuckle
Sam Morris wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:20:40 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: For instance, I need to modify Exim to include MySQL support. In this case you might only need to install exim4-daemon-heavy. If you do need to do a custom build of exim then you should take advantage of the

Modifying existing packages

2008-06-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
Hi, all, I'm new to this end - and don't know if what I want is possible or not. But here goes. I need to modify some of the stock Debian packages for different options. For instance, I need to modify Exim to include MySQL support. I have several other packages with similar needs. What I

Re: Modifying existing packages

2008-06-16 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:20:40PM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: I'm new to this end - and don't know if what I want is possible or not. But here goes. What you want is quite possible, and something a lot of people do a lot. I need to modify some of the stock Debian packages for different