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Re: Question about a file inside debian directory



On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:43:26 +0000
Mo Zhou <lumin@debian.org> wrote:

> Hi Jose,
> 
> If you think writting a new makefile is better than patching the
> upstream build system, please go ahead. However, having to write a
> makefiles by oneself often signifies problematic upstream.
> 

> On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 15:40:17 +0500
> Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> wrote:

> The ideal thing is to fix the problem in the upstream, not locally. For
> that you usually need to make a patch first.
> What problem are you solving in this way?

Thanks Mo, Andrey!

Well my problem is that upstream's software is intended to build just
an executable and I'm building a shared library.
It's a requirement as I plan to package some current chess engines who
are embedding this probe tool.

Regards,

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