Re: Making multiple packages from source.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 02:01:19PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> - Packages are recompiled with specific optimisations and get a version
> number like 0.5.1-4.athlon.1.
> - Optimised package are stored in a different, apt-able directory
> - All packages depend on so-called key package, ie. on "opt-athlon"
> - "opt-athlon" itself is not apt-able and must be installed by the user
> manually. Once installed, apt would fetch the optimised packages.
> - "opt-athlon" contain also a script, which allows the user to remove
> all optimised stuff. This is simple done by searching in apt's lists,
> removing the .athlon* extension from the version number and invoking
> apt-get install package=version package=version. I imagine something
> like: apt-get install `opt-downgrade --non-optimised`
> (and the script will insert the right version numbers).
>
> Does anyone mind if I start implementing this?
Do a thorough search of the archives first, this has been discussed more than
once before, and with more flexible implementation ideas.
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- mdz
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