[Techtalk] Debian and sources

Kathryn Andersen kat_lists at katspace.com
Sun Aug 18 09:54:41 EST 2002


On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 11:28:49AM -0700, Nicole Zimmerman wrote:
> 
> apt-get source <package>
> 
> Then edit the debian/changelog. You probably want to use 'dch' to do this,
> since it will preserve formatting.
> 
> dch -i will increment
> dch -v will allow you to change to a new version.

Um, I can't seem to find this anywhere... what package is it in, so I
can install it?
 
> Do a little dance, make your changes to src if you have any, then do:
> 
> dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc
> 
> to build a binary unsigned package (what apt-get -b source does).

Ah, thanks, that was what I couldn't remember...
 
Kathryn Andersen
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