Re: Debian doesn't have to be slower than time.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 12:40:11AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Michael" == Michael Neuffer <neuffer@sciobyte.de> writes:
>
> Michael> There are two things:
>
> Michael> 1. Packages should not only build on the maintainers machine
> Michael> but they should be able to compile in a "standard" environment
> Michael> to begin with.
>
> The counter to this is packages that build on ``standard''
> buildd machines and fail to build on normal joe sixpack machines,
> since buildd machines have been modofied (like the kernel-headers
> issues right now worked around in buildd).
I gave up trying to use kernel-headers with uclibc. There are too
many variations, in too many directories, and the autobuilders don't
have any particular package consistently installed. Switching to a
dependency on kernel-source-2.4.16 and untarring the files I need
worked the first time on all architectures.
dave...
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