Re: [custom] Generalizing building scripts of meta packages
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Free Ekanayaka wrote:
[I think I should foreward this to debian-devel even if I quote small parts
of your private mails...]
> I think this is a good idea. What are you planning to include in the
> cdd-dev package exactly? A template for a custom source meta-package?
http://cvs.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/cdd/common/?cvsroot=cdd
Just try to get an Alioth account and I'll add you to the project.
> What is the package <cdd>-common supposed to contain exactly? Specific
> files and data for the CDD?
The (current and future) med-common has debconf templates for administration
of med - users, a simple script which just showas some information which each
other med - package is symlinking to. This enables auto-apt usage like this:
~ auto-apt -x -y run
$ med-bio
...
Med-bio and its dependencies will be installed automagically which
is kind of cool when demonstrating it in workshops or at a exhibition
booth, but not really honest stuff. So the main thing is the user
administration currently but I'm pretty sure that there will be additional
uses of a common package in the future.
> Yes, I think regenerating the control file at every build is a better
> choice.
OK. In any case you are free to do it once by calling cdd-gen-control
outside of your debian/rules file.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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