On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 11:44:38AM -0600, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > __Debian Standards Document__ > > dpkg: > Most of the dpkg setup is so intricately connected with the packaging > process, that separating out some of this seems somewhat weird. > Although I guess that since this stuff is so clear and well-defined, > it would be somewhat reasonable to simply cross-reference it. Well, the version format ([epoch]:[upstream]-[debian]), and particularly how version numbers are compared can be split out reasonably. The intricate details of how a .deb is made up, likewise. The archive's expectations of what a "source package" is (and what a .changes file is, for that matter), don't really affect the details of packaging much, either. The debian/rules interface might or mightn't be worth specing outside of policy, I don't know if anything but "dpkg-buildpackage" actually needs to care that much. > I guess I'm mostly with you on this one now. Cool. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``If you don't do it now, you'll be one year older when you do.''
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