Building Debian Stable (Etch) packages from SVN

[jac1d]

Hello All,

I'm having a difficult time building .deb packages from the svn branch. I haven't had any luck finding a rules file or a list of dependcies.

Is it even possible to build a debian package from the SVN, and if so, can someone point me to a resource to help make it happen?

Or does the SVN release only run against debian unstable?

I do have an unstable test box but when I try and run it I get complaints about security problems.

Any help compiling on/for debian etch (in package form) would be appreciated.

-Jeff

[jac1d]

I now have the nightly SVN build running on an unstable box. Is this the only way to have it operating with MPEG4 and AAC support due to library dependencies?

I just needed to add --security-policy=1 to the end of my command string to account for that new feature in 0.9.0. Unfortuantely I was hoping not to have to run unstable. Suggestions?

-Jeff

[Arite]

Sorrry if this doesn't aswer you question but I wrote it as you made your second post :

If you want to test out the nightlies on Etch just use the Debian Sid (i386 unless you are running a 64-bit dist) repository.

Nightly builds:
http://nightlies.videolan.org/#debian

Just add:

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deb http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/sid-i386/arch ./

To to your /etc/apt/sources.list.

Then run:

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apt-get update apt-get install vlc libdvdcss2 mozilla-vlc-plugin

Or just "apt-get install vlc" if you only want VLC.

If it says it can't be installed then try:

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apt-get -f install

And any unmet dependencies that are available should be installed.

I don't think there is a gpg key for the VLC nightlies - so if it says it can't be authenticated just accept it.

Cheers, Arite.

[jac1d]

Thanks for the info, that is exactly what I was looking for. I didn't want to take the whole system to unstable, just the packages I need to make vlc-nox work. I'll give that a shot.

-Jeff