Michael Shuler wrote:
> On 06/09/2009 11:49 AM, Andreas wrote:
>> Installing it (make), it downloads the binary of the hypervisor!
>> "Cloning http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg " #
>> (downloading)
>
> This is an incorrect understanding of that download step - it is a
> *source* download from the upstream mercurial repository:
>
Are you saying the source package does not actually contain the source
code, but is just a framework for downloading the actual source?
If so, this seems unusual to me. AIUI it's normal practice for a source
package to contain a local copy of the source tree because Debian cannot
make the assumption that xenbits.xensource.com will always be there.
>
> You can also download tarballs from the parent web site, if you wish.
>
So why are these not used in the creation of the source package?
Cheers,
David.
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