Re: Group Policy for Creating Standalone Metapackages
Hi, Andreas.
On الخميس 14 أيار 2015 10:01, Andreas Tille wrote:
>
>> Is it fine to put an equivs configuration file in the Debian Med VCS
>> repository for the metapackage instead of the full Debian directory?
>> I didn't find any examples of this kind of situation within Debian
>> Med.
>
> I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I do not understand what exactly you want
> to approach. Equivs and metapackages are different things and I have
> no idea in how far both would solve your problem.
>
Just about every piece of documentation I read about equivs says that
although it was originally designed for creating dummy/fake packages, it
can also be used for creating metapackages. So I am asking if I can
create a repository for a metapackage that is built with equivs rather
than the usual git-build-package.
>> The context is as follows: While waiting for upstream on kmer, I
>> thought I would start working on the components of smrtanalysis.
>> Just before this, I wanted to create the metapackage to keep
>> everything in perspective as I work on them.
>
> What exactly should a metapackage do in this situation?
>
Sooner or later, I will need a metapackage to depend on all the
components. The components are developed individually, but they are most
useful when they are all installed together, which is the usual use case.
Thanks and regards
Afif
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