Re: Can two packages have the same upstream source?
>>>>> "Russell" == Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> writes:
Russell> I am working on developing SE Linux versions of some of
Russell> the base packages. To package these in the normal way I
Russell> would have diff files and orig archives, which forces me
Russell> to upload a second copy of the orig.tar.gz file causing
Russell> file duplication in the source tree.
Russell> Is it possible for my package to use the same upstream
Russell> source archive as someone else's package? If so is it
Russell> recommended?
Russell> If it's possible and not regarded as a really bad idea
Russell> then how do I do it?
SE Linux is ??????
Is it desirable to include just one SE version, or would this not work
without a special SE kernel? (this seems to be the long term strategy
for Kerberos - just have one version of the package which supports
operation with and without Kerberos).
Otherwise, maybe you could send a patch to the package maintainer
which builds two versions of the package?
However, I don't think there are any real problems with doing what you
want, just that it would use more diskspace...
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Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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