Re: dpkg for FreeBSD
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Piotr Roszatycki wrote:
> > > I think the dpkg as standalone program should be portable to system without
> > > GNU utils (like mv, xargs). Of course GNU make is required, but it could be
> > > easly resolved by /usr/bin/dpkg-make symlink.
> >
> > It will always require GNU utils such as autoconf, gettext, make, etc.
> > I also don't see what you would gain with a dpkg-make symlink.
>
> The path for GNU make is hardcoded in debian/rules file as /usr/bin/make.
Doesn't stop you typing
/usr/bin/gmake -f debian/rules binary
does it?
jules
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