Re: Debian doesn't have to be slower than time.
Quoting David Schleef (ds@schleef.org):
> 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.
Yes, in a make world environment you wouldn't need to build against
a kernel-header package, since everything is build with and against
one set of kernel sources.
Cheers
Mike
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