From: Steve Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Paranoia, "pristine sources", turnkeys, compiling, configuration Date: 18 Dec 1997 17:19:58 -0500
> Ahh, but judging from recent posts to USENET, "ports" seems to be more > of a system for "source package" management than package management. > And our source packaging could use some revamping anyways. (I'd like > multiple .tar.gz files and multiple diff files, for example.) > > (As far as I can tell from USENET, their binary packages are similar > to Slakware.) > > If anyone decides to work on a better source packaging system for > Debian, they probably should look at "ports" for some ideas. It is not better source packaging system, but I introduce "ports" like system for Debian. [EMAIL PROTECTED], one of the Debian JP developers, has made a experimental package, debian-ports. You can get it from ftp://ftp.debian.or.jp/pub/linux/debian-jp/project-jp/experimental/ and sample "ports" file in its subdirectory 'ports/'. However its documentation is Japanese only, sorry. This package provides only Makefile for pmake like *BSD ports system. To install "ports", get tar.gz of original package file and put it in /usr/src/ports/distfiles/. extract "ports" in /usr/src/ports/. run "pmake" in the extracted directory and you can get "deb" file. install its "deb" file. If you are interested in it, you may use it as the start point. -- Fumitoshi UKAI / Debian JP Project -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
