Re: Building from source required?
fw@deneb.enyo.de wrote:
>Must packages in main derive the contents of binary packages from the
>sources shipped in the source package, or can they simply copy
>pre-generated, not directly editable files which have been derived
>using some other process (not available in the package sources)?
I remember a fair number of packages (and discussions here) whose
Debian source package contains some pre-built components.
It is not mandatory to fully rebuild a package every time the Debian
binary package is generated, and in some cases it may be impractical
and undesirable, but the following issues must be considered:
- the package must contain source for all components, otherwise it would
need to be uploaded to non-free
- the main Debian archive must contain all the tools needed to fully
rebuild the package from source, otherwise it would need to be
uploaded to contrib
- the release manager (and probably the security team as well) must be
comfortable with the result
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ciao,
Marco
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