On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:25:39 -0400 "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 09:53:04PM +0200, John Smith wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > caused by various reasons (disagree with compiled in defaults, learning > > stuff) I compiled a few packages from source from the project (apt-get > > source ...). > > I found out that in some cases (notably snmpd and glibc) the rebuilding of > > the > > source actually produces more .deb's than I expected: recompiling libc6 > > got me : > <SNIP> > > Sure. Debian binary packages all come from source packages. In > particular, libraries usually have at least runtime and development > packages (and occasionally documentation packages). In the case of > libc6, it also has udeb (pronounced micro-deb, since u is the closest > Roman letter to the Greek mu) packages which are part of the Debian > installer. > Roberto, I follow. But the client as well as the server and mibs (snmp) and how about libnss and nscd (glibc)? What is bind doing in glibc? Sincerely, Jan. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]