On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 23:14 +0100, Hector Oron wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to do a little explanation on the ITP I have filled for
> {linux,binutils,eglibc,gcc-4.3,gcc-4.4,gdb}-armel.
>
> These set of packages provide a cross toolchain for armel targets to
> be built on i386 and amd64 platforms (maybe ppc could be added)
>
> In order to avoid code duplication in the archive, this packages
> build depend on -source packages.
[...]
At present, there is nothing that will ensure that the binary packages
you build are released along with the packages containing their actual
source. It would therefore require manual attention to ensure that we
meet the source distribution requirements of the GPL, which the FTP team
really hates having to do.
Until the FTP team implements a means of automatically recording some
build-dependencies and the versions actually used as additional source
dependencies, and ensuring that these source dependencies are satisfied
within each release, you should not use this approach.
Ben.
--
Ben Hutchings
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
- Robert Coveyou
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