(context is debian unstable, late Sept '03) I tried to use apt-build to optimize openssl for my hypersparc ss20 but apt-build failed to build a deb package.
After it broke, though, I went into the build/openssl* tree and ran 'make install' as root and it installed fine (??). (I didn't want to waste two hours of compiling) It does make a big difference logging in via ssh (2 seconds versus 10 seconds). "apt-build install sasl2-bin" fails -- I'm guessing no source package available. Binary install breaks on the missing libcomerr1-k... bug (?) that cropped up in unstable a week or so ago. I tried to use apt-build to pull in some courier packages and it went into an infinite loop, rebuilding the same packages in its repository over and over every 3 or 4 hours. BTW, be careful with 'apt-get dist-upgrade' in unstable if you have amavisd-new because the dist-upgrade will rip amavisd-new out of your system. Between that and having sasluathd ripped out by a prior 'apt-get dist-upgrade' my mail server is feeling rather vulnerable. Just some FYIs while I wonder about my sanity. Heitzso
