Re: new fields in debian/control
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Clint Adams wrote:
> > I could definately see where you do 'dpkg-buildpackage -O debian' or
> > 'dpkg-buildpackage -O corel'
>
> What? Why would anyone want a proliferation of packages that are identical
> except for one control field? If Plagiarism GNU+Linux wants to take my
> package, modify nothing except the control file, what purpose does it serve
> to have bug reports go to them instead of to me? In fact, what purpose does
> it serve to even have the duplicate package at all?
>
> If, on the other hand, they're actually going to modify the packing so that
> all binaries live in /usr/local/var, then they should modify the Origin and
> take credit for their genius.
There are 2 reasons I can think of to use the -O option:
1 - I rebuild the packages for commercial clients who simply want a
guarantee that the provided source and binaries match.
2 - I rebuild with certain compiler optimizations set (like pentium) so
maybe I use an option like '-O greenbush686'
I do like this option a lot. It is a good way of informing the recipient
that no changes were needed to the debian source - the package was simply
rebuilt.
But I would only do this building using debian tools so perhaps the bug
reports should go to debian first. Whatever the developers agree on is
fine with me in such a case. If they want the bug reports at least this
option will let them know that the problem might be caused by somebody's
use of a pre-alpha tool or the like.
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