Hi. On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 07:46:27AM -0700, Keith Christian wrote: > Are there any methods to create Debian packages for these (and > similar) package tools (and the files they install) so that Debian's > native packaging system has "inventory control" everything?
dh-make-perl, gem2deb, pypi2deb to name a few. Your question is too broad to suggest a specific way to do it. > I realize that software has been installed outside of APT's purview > since the beginnings of Debian, but I wonder if there is any effort to > corral these other packaging systems so APT can be the tool of choice > for all package management. As long as language library (module, gem, whatever) is needed to satisfy a dependency - it usually enters Debian main. Reco
