[sclug] Keeping track of source installations

[Alex Butcher]

On Wed, 5 May 2004 erik.chakravarty at accenture.com wrote:

> > I'd imagine most folks would say "don't install from source - build
> your own .debs and install those".
> 
> How difficult is this to do?

I dunno specifically for Debian, as I use RH, but it's pretty easy there,
except for large and heavily patched packages (e.g. the kernel and XFree86)
if you want to keep as many of those patches as are still relevant.

<http://www.google.com/search?q=building+debian+packages> throws up some
useful-looking links.

Alex.
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