Re: prc-tools
On Wednesday 17 January 2001 12:55, Agthorr wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 07:33:56PM +0100, Siggi Langauf wrote:
> > Isn't it possible to build a package that requires the end user to
> > provide an original SDK at install time?
> > This way, you could ensure that the SDK is installed without having to
> > redistribute it.
>
> The qmail package does something like this. The Debian package
> actually just installs a program called build-qmail. When run, this
> program downloads the qmail source from the official qmail sources,
> untars it, compiles it, builds a custom Debian package out of it, and
> then prompts the administrator to install that package.
>
> -- Agthorr
Same thing is done with setiathome.
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