On 06/09/2009 02:59 PM, David Claughton wrote: > 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're right. Ben pointed to the xen patch directory in the linux-2.6 source package in his reply - the package build should not fetch the repo. I just spoke up (probably incorrectly, without asking for more info) to help with what I thought he was seeing. Kind Regards, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
