debconf-src, source package configuration with debconf
Hello,
I'm working on a simple but extensible dpkg-buildpackage wrapper which
uses debconf to tune the build environment.
By itself, the wrapper only sets the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS; however it
provides interfaces for third-party packages and the source package
being built to enrich the configuration phase. It is meant as a big hook
to access the extra functionnality offered by packages such as
dpkg-cross or emdebian-utils, and "super" source packages such as
binutils or gcc (whose debian/rules files offer binary-cross targets).
A preliminary 'debconf-src' package is available at:
deb http://www.jk.fr.eu.org/debian unstable/
deb-src http://www.jk.fr.eu.org/debian unstable/
I have many applications and improvements in mind, in particular with
regards to custom or derived Debian distributions which need to rebuild
their packages, such as emDebian. I intend to work on patches for
dpkg-cross, emdebian-utils, binutils, gcc, busybox and the kernel while
I improve debconf-src.
Provided I get debconf-src to a sufficiently advanced state, and get it
into Debian (I'll need a sponsor BTW), would such patches have a chance
of being accepted? (they would mostly create new files with no effect
when debconf-src is not used)
Would you have any comments or ideas before I start doing so?
--
Jeremie Koenig <jk@jk.fr.eu.org>
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