der.hans said:
>> What I want to do is build a .deb that isn't in any apt-get repository
>> that I can find.  In particular, I'm looking for Pango 1.3.2.  Now,
>> I've
>
> I see pango 1.0, but not 1.3.2.

I am showing both testing and unstable as having 1.2 not 1.0.  I belive
1.3 would be an "expiremental" release.  Likely they won't package until
it becomes 1.4?  I searched http://www.apt-get.org which usually has some
good stuff from maintainers, but it doesn't appear any maintainer has
packaged this goodness yet.

I looked at the bugs filed against the package and none of them include a
request for newer version.  I would consider making a bug submittal asking
for upgraded packaging based on new upstream release.  Akira is a decent
maintainer and if he agrees likely will turn it fairly quickly.


>> downloaded the source, and there isn't a debian directory in it, so
>> what do I do?  Is there a way that I can do a 'configure;make;make
>> install' that will make dependencies happy?  Can I pull the debian
>> directory out of an earlier version of Pango?  What should I do to get
>> this package into my system?
>
> Add a source repository to your sources.list if you don't already have
> one. I suggest getting source from unstable.
>
> Snake the debian directory out of there and stuff it into the source you
> have for 1.3.2.
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/index.en.html
>
> BTW, it's really easy to install inkscape on debian :).

You can drop in #gnuenterprise at irc.freenode.net at your leisure.  Talk
to  jbailey, he is a packaging wizard.  Many of the new packages follow a
format so by as it's as easy as dropping a new tarball down and running a
deb program and it rebuilds the package.  Slick as snot actually. :) 
However, since he packages the stuff I need, I haven't taken the time to
investigate thoroughly.

-Derek