| Stephen Gran on 3 Dec 2004 17:05:14 -0000 |
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On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 10:54:22PM -0500, Art Alexion said: > Am starting to use and like Debian via Ubuntu. As OOo has a ton of bug > fixes over the Ubuntu Warty standard 1.2, I wanted to upgrade, but there > are no plans to "apt-ify" beyond 1.1.2 for the Warty release. I've been > warned about updating apt installed software via source or .bin > scripts. I know there are a number of Debian users on this list. What > are your thoughts. > > (With Red Hat I made extensive use of source RPMs and checkinstall to > keep the RPM database current while freeing myself from the distro > provided versions. Is there a similar approach with Debian based systems?) The way I generally try a new version is to get the new source from the distributor, and 'apt-get source' the old version. It may just be possible to apply the debian patch (diff.gz) to the new version, edit debian/changelog to set the correct new version, and debian/rules binary to build it. A quick glance shows debian patches all over the place for this package, so it may not be trivial. The easiest solution here, as Sean has pointed out, is probably just to remove the Ubuntu version, and install the new one in /usr/local. Presumably the install script allows you to set DESTDIR, although I have not checked. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | A gleekzorp without a tornpee is like a | | steve@lobefin.net | quop without a fertsneet (sort of). | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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