Bug#255598: apt: patch and recompile a package on request

[Riccardo Vestrini <riccardov@sssup.it>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.25
Severity: wishlist


an idea for improving apt-get for add support to package recompilation 

whenever a package is requested for installation, apt-get checks a directory
for patches against the source, if a patch is found binary package is not downloaded
but "apt-get builddep && apt-get source" is executed, sources are patched and build, obtained binary is
moved to /var/cache/apt/archives and installed


please let me know if this is a bad or good idea 


bye

-- Package-specific info:
useless ... I can send it on request

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.3.4-1    GCC support library
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.4-1    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

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