On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 12:28:38PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I remember some month ago there was a discution some time ago about debian for > non entirely debian systems (i think it was a debian-solaris thing). > > What happened to it ? > > i was given a ultra sparc 1 with solaris 2.6 here at the university, and > žerhaps i would like to work on such a thing. (not now, but i a month or > so...) >
I know that one of the biggest problems is that the dependency checks rely on a database. This comes up when you try to build a package on a non-debian system. There is a real knowledge gap between installed, unqualified packages that came with the system and pedigreed debian packages. In addition, the configuration of the non-debian system may be far from what debian packages expect. Take a look at /etc/init.d. I wasn't party to the original conversation, so I don't know where the thread ran. I expect that this feature is considered low priority when compared to the mountain of things we need to do to make debian grow.
