apt-build??
 

has anyone used this?? I followed this guide to a T http://julien.danjou.info/article-apt-build.html
and I cant get it to work I tried doing EXACTLY the same thing as the article and it would not install memstat the error was cant find memstat (paraphrased)

I haven't used apt-build, but i have installed memstat with apt-get, it's only 8 kb.

macondo@debian:~$ apt-cache search memstat
memstat - Identify what's using up virtual memory.
macondo@debian:~$

#apt-get install memstat

maybe it's too small to be compiled. :)

I did it.
works fine.I use it as often as I can.
The only thing that doesnt seem to work is when I pinned apt-get dist-upgrade to use apt-build....doesnt seem to work.
Tested via running apt-get dist-upgrade after a successful apt-build upgrade and it shows pakages that need upgradeing when it shouldnt.
I even have done the apt-build upgrade world
it took forever but finished successfully.
Must follow that page exactly to the T.

From the looks of it, apt-build is pretty developmental. Check out debtoo, where they mention they're working on it.

Whats this debtoo thing?

I have been using it since I saw the same article. From what I can determin, the Debian maintainers are a bit slow in getting the source code with their patches on the servers.
I have gotten KDE to recompile and it seems a bit zippier now. Now all we have to do is get apt-build to work with distcc (http://distcc.samba.org/index.html) then we can have lots of fun. ;)

Ain't that the truth:)


Thats another thing...i made the ignore list but still seems that gcc tried to rebuild.It worked though...even at the articals extreme warning (with laughter) to not re-build gcc;)


Sup RobNYC:rolleyes:

sup iron.. apt-build been a headache..