creating deb package of xfree86 4.3 from source?

[Daniel]

Hello all,
I am setting up sarge with video unsupported by xfree86 4.2. I know I
can use the install script, but I wondered if I should turn the source
into a deb file so I could remove and upgrade easily at a later date?
(presuming it's not easily removed and not worrying about the time it
takes as it's a newish P4 2.4)

I added to my sources.list
deb-src [url]ftp://ftp.ens.utulsa.edu/pub/xfree86/4.3.0/source/[/url] ./
and did apt-get update only to get .../Sources.gz: no such file or
directory (there are multiple files there X430src-1.tgz to
X430src-7.tgz)

It seemed like a great idea but I'm floundering - can anyone give me a
point in the right direction please? Is this a worthwhile exercise or
should I use the script? (how do I uninstall it later?)

Thanks very much,
Daniel.




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[Nick Hastings]

Hi,

* Daniel <cottmain@plug.linux.org.au> [030709 11:18]:

> Hello all,
> I am setting up sarge with video unsupported by xfree86 4.2. I know I
> can use the install script, but I wondered if I should turn the source
> into a deb file so I could remove and upgrade easily at a later date?
> (presuming it's not easily removed and not worrying about the time it
> takes as it's a newish P4 2.4)

<snip>

I believe Debian packages of xserver-xfree86 4.3 already exist for both
Woody and Sid (check apt-get.org), I imagine that one or both of them
would work for Sarge.

Cheers,

Nick.

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[Pigeon]

On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 09:57:06AM +0800, Daniel wrote:

> Hello all,
> I am setting up sarge with video unsupported by xfree86 4.2. I know I
> can use the install script, but I wondered if I should turn the source
> into a deb file so I could remove and upgrade easily at a later date?
> (presuming it's not easily removed and not worrying about the time it
> takes as it's a newish P4 2.4)
>
> I added to my sources.list
> deb-src [url]ftp://ftp.ens.utulsa.edu/pub/xfree86/4.3.0/source/[/url] ./
> and did apt-get update only to get .../Sources.gz: no such file or
> directory (there are multiple files there X430src-1.tgz to
> X430src-7.tgz)
>
> It seemed like a great idea but I'm floundering - can anyone give me a
> point in the right direction please? Is this a worthwhile exercise or
> should I use the script? (how do I uninstall it later?)
>
> Thanks very much,
> Daniel.

See thread 'Is a backport of XFree86 4.2 or 4.3 for woody available?'
- yesterday, I think.

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