Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 24 Dec 2005, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> It would require some buildd hacking to get it to use gzip only for >> those few debs so more human power. > > debs are created by debian/rules. So, only dependencies of dpkg would have to > be modified.
I was talking about the hypothetical situation of dpkg defaulting to !gzip compression and adding a Pre-Depends to the dpkg version required for unpacking. The buildd would have to override that for core packages. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]