On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 04:27:36PM -0800, Greg Madden wrote: > > You would need to setup a /etc/apt/preferences file, add testing to yor > sources.list, and use pinning. Even so libc6 (upgrade) will be a depend > on anythig from Testing. For what you want, it may be safer/easier to > use 'apt-source' and build the few packages you want. If you are lucky > there won't be any depends or only a couple that you will have to also > build. You may need to run 'apt-get build-dep' in order to build your > package, you would get an error message to this effect.
Um, ok, another stupid newbie question: how do I build a package from source? I downloaded metalog's source, but the package won't build if I use dpkg -b metalog-dir -- it comes up with errors in the DEBIAN/control file. Am I going about it the right way? I've compiled programs before, I've just never compiled a *package*. TIA. -- Vikki Roemer Homepage: http://neuromancer.homelinux.com/ Registered Linux user #280021 http://counter.li.org/ Good day for a change of scene. Repaper the bedroom wall. PGP fingerprint: 0A3E 0AE4 CCD9 FF31 B4BB C859 2DE1 B1D8 5CE0 1578 Keyserver: http://pgp.mit.edu/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT d-(?) s: a--- C++++(++) UL++++ P+ L+++>++++ E W++ N+ o? K- w--() O? M? V?(-) PS+(+++) PE(++) Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5 X-() R*(?) tv-- b+++(++) DI+ D--(?) G e-(*)>+++++ h! r% x? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]