Re: Building a build environment
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:04:35AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> Richard Hurt <rnhurt@kangaroobox.com> writes:
*SKIP*
> > Also, the wide array of tools available to me is pretty
> > overwhelming. pBuilder, cowbuilder, cowdancer, quilt, etc... The
> > list is quite long and I'm not sure which one is old, new, mature,
> > good or bad. Does anyone have any advice for a newbie packager that
> > just wants a simple setup that works? What do you use?
>
> The Developer's Reference and New Maintainer's Guide should be your
> first port of call. Read them thoroughly and become familiar with
> them; they have much advice on tools and procedures.
[To: OP] I would like to stress on that point. You *must* be familiar
with Debian internals, with ways Debian builds from source, with Debian
BTS. When something will go wrong, you'll be on your own.
--
Torvalds' goal for Linux is very simple: World Domination
Reply to: