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• Create a working directory:

  mkdir packages

• Enter the directory:

  cd packages

• If you haven’t built a Debian package before get development scripts:

  sudo apt-get install devscripts

• If this system hasn’t been used for development, you need a minimal tool set:

  sudo apt-get install gcc debhelper fakeroot

• Get the PHP5 source (do not use sudo on this one):

  apt-get source php5

• Enter the PHP5 directory (versions may vary, at the moment it is php5-5.2.10):

  cd php5-5.x.y

• Ensure an unmodified PHP will build. This might take some time as it fetches various dependencies.

  sudo apt-get build-dep php5

• Remove the patch file:

  rm debian/patches/suhosin.patch

• Remove the reference to the patch (delete the line that contains suhosin.patch with Ctrl-K, then Ctrl-O to save and Ctrl-X to exit):

  nano debian/patches/series

• Increment the version number. This can be problematic. Your version number is likely to be different from the one listed here, and I found some reports that having the string “suhosin” in the version can confuse some applications into thinking Suhosin is installed. I simply appended “.1~custom” to the current package version:

  debchange -v 5.2.10.dfsg.1.1~custom

• The version bump will pop the nano text editor. Move to the end of the auto-selected line, enter a comment like “Removed Suhosin.” then press Ctrl-O to save, Ctrl-X to exit.
• Finally build the package (note only one “b” in “deb build”):

  debuild

• Take a break, the build will take a while. Ignore the hundreds of warnings that scroll past.
• You should have new packages:

  ls ../php5*

• Quick and dirty install (might break stuff):

  sudo dpkg -i ../*.deb

Sebastian Kusnier Config, Development Apache, php