On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 12:55:45AM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:59:18 +0100 Sven Luther wrote: > > [...] > > Nope, because you can ship the source code and the object file if you > > wanted. > > > > Already now, major parts of debian/main are not cleanly buildable out > > of the box, due to cyclic bootstraping dependencies. > > But those major parts of debian/main are cleanly buildable using an > already functioning installation of debian/main, aren't they?
No, not always. > At least I *hope* those major parts are buildable using only packages > from debian/main, otherwise they would Build-Depend on out-of-main > components, which is a Policy violation for a package in main, AFAIK. Well, It is not so much that you have to depend on out-of-main components, but that you have to hand-build some of them and stop in the middle and stuff like that. > If what I have just said is true and confirmed, then *that* is the > difference: one thing is having cyclic bootstrapping dependencies that > make an already compiled and installed system necessary, a completely > different beast is something that needs an out-of-main compiler in order > to be compiled... Well, the cross compiler would be built from the same gcc source in main. There is just no binary package provided for those. > Or am I completely off track?!? Not completely, but a bit yes. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
