Re: Connecting those interested in getting GT.M into the Debian repositories

[Alan O'Neill <alan.oneill@cavtel.net>]

Hi Andreas,

Thanks for the tips on SVN -- very helpful!

When last I wrote, I had begun to think that you and I were working with 
one different assumption, and from what you just wrote, it is now 
confirmed.  The package I have built is not a source package, it is a 
binary package.  I have compiled GT.M from source in the past, but it 
has an interesting twist:  To build GT.M from source, you must already 
have the binary installed on your machine because somehow the binary is 
used to help with the build.  (I've always gotten a kick out of that -- 
how was the very first version of GT.M compiled? :)

To continue, I'll need to learn more about building source packages -- 
it's something I've never done before.  If you're up for offering some 
more help along the way, I'm willing to continue down this road.  I've 
never shied away from learning new things.

One thing that does occur to me, though, is that since building GT.M 
requires the binary installation, it may be necessary to distribute a 
binary package as well.

What are your thoughts?

Thanks.

Alan