HOWTO install cvs xqf??

[mlind]

Cool, thx
So you suggest I install the old xqf through apt and then run uupdate (which seems to be a part of the devscripts package) to update the program. This sounds too easy to be true
Well for now I will install the packages you listed there and try the ./autogen.sh again

edit: packages you listed were all already installed

Okay, I got this to build with some adjustments.. This is very brief howto and probably contains some errors

1. Add new repository to /etc/apt/sources.list
   

   deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

2. Create build directory and get source from debian unstable
   

   mkdir -p ~/packages/xqf
   cd ~/packages/xqf
   sudo aptitude update
   apt-get source xqf

3. Checkout cvs module
   

   cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@xqf.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/xqf co -P xqf

4. Prepare for uupdate
   

   mv xqf xqf-1.0.4.1+cvs20060722
   #cvs snapshot seems to contain debian package information, but we'll remove it
   rm -rf xqf-1.0.4.1+cvs20060722/debian
   
   tar czvf xqf-1.0.4.1+cvs20060722.tar.gz xqf-1.0.4.1+cvs20060722
   rm -rf xqf-1.0.4.1+cvs20060722

5. Apply old debian package information (diffs)
   

   cd xqf-1.0.4/
   uupdate ../xqf-1.0.4.1+cvs20060722.tar.gz 1.0.4.1+cvs20060722
   cd ../xqf-1.0.4.1+cvs20060722

6. Edit debian/rules so that autogen.sh is executed before configure. Bold entries are new stuff
   

   post-patches:: debian/stamp-autogen
   debian/stamp-autogen:
           NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
           touch $@
   
   clean::
           rm -f config.h
           rm -f debian/stamp-autogen

7. Edit debian/control and add necessary packages for autogen.sh script
   

   Build-Depends: automake1.9, autoconf, intltool, libtool, libglib-dev, libgtk-dev, libgdk-pixbuf-dev
   Build-Conflicts: automake1.4, autoconf2.13

8. Modify changelog information. You need devscripts package for this
   

   dch -e

   (Example changelog entry. Bolded part is important)
   

   xqf (1.0.4.1+cvs20060722-0ubuntu1) dapper; urgency=low
   
     * New CVS snapshot
   
    -- Firstname Lastname <you@somemail.com>  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:52:09 +0300

9. Build the package. I suggest using pbuilder (HOWTO) that automates the dependency install process.
   

   cd ..
   #generate .dsc and diffs
   dpkg-source -b xqf-1.0.4.1+cvs20060722
   sudo pbuilder build xqf_1.0.4.1+cvs20060722-0ubuntu1.dsc

10. Alternatively, you may use dpkg-buildpackage. You'll need dpkg-dev package for this
    

    dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc