Re: RFS: cc65 - Cross development suite for 65xxx processors
On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 08:04:19PM +1000, Anibal Monsalve Salazar wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 02:40:51AM -0600, Benjamin Cutler wrote:
> >I could pull the compiler out of the package entirely, but one problem with
> >that is that it's required to build some of the libraries that come with the
> >package. I'd have to make some rather sweeping changes to the upstream
> >tarball, removing the non-free bits or the bits that need non-free to build.
> >It's possible, but impractical and I'm not totally sure it's worth the
> >effort, to be honest. Perhaps you could make some suggestions on how exactly
> >to split the free parts out? I have some ideas myself but I'd like to hear
> >yours. :)
>
> The upstream tarball shouldn't be changed [0]:
That's certainly desirable, but there's very good precedent for
modifying upstream tarballs when necessary, such as removing non-free
material.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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