Package/Build-From-Source Management

[Matthew Palmer]

On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 05:01:10PM -0400, David Abrahams wrote:
> Bob Nielsen <nielsen at oz.net> writes:
> > Install the checkinstall package.  Checkinstall is then used in place
> > of 'make install' and will create a .deb package and install it so
> > the package management system is aware of the software.
> 
> Oh, excellent.  That really looks like it hits the spot.  How does
> anyone function without it?

I typically package stuff properly, myself.  But then, if I'm installing
something on one machine, there's a good chance it'll be going onto 40 more
in short order.

> I do have one question that isn't answered in its docs: if I am
> building and installing a development snapshot, what version would I
> give it to make sure that the system isn't confused?  Feel free to
> redirect me to the checkinstall lists if you don't know.

<prev-release-version>+svn<N> is typically how I name things these days
(replacing svn with whatever revision control system is being used).

- Matt