Re: 256-color xterm

From: Matt Price (matt.price_at_utoronto.ca)
Date: 01/30/04

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:20:32 -0500
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    On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 02:20:57AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
    > On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:11:11PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
    > > thanks for this... I'm a bit confuseed about the deb-src package for
    > > xterm. As you probably know, apt-get source xterm downloads files
    > > named xfree86-4.2.1*. The implication is that one needs to build the
    > > whole of xfree86 in order to make a debian package; and following the
    > > instructions from the debian reference manual, namely:
    > >
    > > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
    > >
    > > from within the directory
    > > xfree86-4.2.1
    > >
    > > results in an attempt to build xfree86 (which fails, I suppose
    > > because not all the sources are really present).
    >
    > Have you installed all its build-dependencies, listed in the .dsc file
    > (or 'apt-get build-dep xfree86')?
    >

    err... no. I did, however, apt-get build-dep xterm, and I really
    only want to build xterm. Do I have to build all of xfree86?? I
    really don't want to do that, since I love my xfree86 setup as it is,
    and I live in mortal fear of screwing it up.

    m 

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