On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 11:11:05 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="John Clarke"> > > > 1. Download nedit-5.5-1 sources from Internode's Ubuntu mirror > > (nedit_5.5.orig.tar.gz and nedit_5.5-1.diff.gz). > > If you have deb-src lines in your sources.list, you can just "apt-get source > <package>" too.
Like I said before, I'm still learning how to drive apt :-) > > It didn't help though; the new package has the same problems as 5.4, and > > both are almost unusable. None of the problems occur with the 5.5 binary > > from nedit.org on my old RH7.3 box[0]. > > You're best off letting the MOTU team know by filing a bug in Malone > (launchpad.ubuntu.com). Do you think it's worth doing that now, or should I wait until I know whether it's a lesstif bug? > > where I can find a quick guide to creating a package from my own source? > > The Debian New Maintainer Guide: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ Thanks. Cheers, John -- > What /I/ want to know is what happens to the cats after you strap the > buttered bread to their backs in such a microgravity environment? Oooh! I know this one! You attach a couple of carbon brushes and generate electricity as they spin around. -- Richard P. Grant -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
