[plug] making xfree86 4.3 deb file for sarge

[Scott Middleton]

Hi Daniel
I have been using this in my sources.list:
deb http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/xfree86/$(ARCH)/ ./

from apt-get.org



On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 15:14, Daniel wrote:
> Hello All,
> I know I can install with a script, but I hesitated as I didn't know how
> to uninstall or remove xfree86 afterwards ...
> 
> So I am trying to do an xfree86 4.3 source to deb file to install so I
> can remove easily if needed:
> 
> from
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/26/2003/06/3/66557
> 
> I read
> deb-src http://www.penguinppc.org/~daniels/sid/source ./
> and added it to sources.list, update upgrade then
> 
> I made a directory for the download to go in and within that:
> apt-get -b source xfree86
> 
> All seemed to be successfully downloaded then:
> dpkg-buildpackage: Build dependencies/conflicts unsatisfied; aborting
> dpkg-buildpackage: (Use -d flag to override.)
> Build command 'cd xfree86-4.3.0 && dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc' failed.
> E: Child process failed.
> 
> I tried the -d and this also bombed, presumably because the source is
> meant for sid (no sarge available, but I thought I might be ok if from
> source). 
> 
> Can I make a successful deb file direct from original xfree86.org full
> source?
> 
> Any pointers would be great.
> Thanks very much,
> Daniel.
> 
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Scott Middleton <scott at linuxit.com.au>
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