Re: Packaging software which does not use autotools
As complement to what Wouter and Michael have replied...
On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 23:24:49 +0200, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> What I have made is a generic package which just does not concerns
> itself with other arches than for GNU/Linux. If people wants to compile
> for *BSD or Solaris they can get the source tar-ball upstream. Also my
> package does not take into considerations to build clients for Windows
> or Mac OSX.
I'm not talking about upstream but Debian ports (see below). Also you
said you are taking over upstream, and reducing its portability seems
as well a step back...
> In my opinion it is a reasonable choice since the purpose of the
> package is to create deb-packages?
I don't think so.
> Which non-linux versions are you referring to?
Debian GNU/Hurd <http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/>.
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD <http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/>.
> If the compile with option -std=c99 and -pedantic showing no warnings
> or errors the ought to be able to compile on any arch with gcc-4.1.
> Only dependency for building it is libc6.
It might, but it does not have to. For example it could be including
header files from <asm/...> or <linux/...>, and if the system now is
assumed to be Linux blindly then it will fail.
We might end up faster if you provide the source packages somewhere so
we can take a look.
regards,
guillem
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