On Fri, Aug 05, 2016 at 09:33:42AM +0000, Evan Dandrea wrote: > On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 at 10:21 Dan Watkins <daniel.watk...@canonical.com> > wrote:
> > My first thought was to add an `awk` part, which would allow you to > > specify the way in which you wanted awk to be provided (i.e. "this > > Ubuntu package", "build from this source") and ensure that awk would end > > up in the PATH of other things in the snap. > I'd create a part that builds awk from source, then add it to > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Snappy/Parts so others can benefit from your work > (`snapcraft define awk`). > My understanding of stage-packages is that it helps us until we have a > diverse parts ecosystem. My understanding is that we have a rich repository of pre-built binaries that can be used via the stage-packages mechanism, that we should take advantage of wherever it makes sense instead of forcing rebuilds from source of standard Unix tools ;) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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