Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Florian Weimer: > > > Some packages (notably compilers) avoid cyclic build dependencies by > > shipping some sort of pre-compiled blob in the source package. This > > blob is then used to compile the package. > > > > Does this fullfil the requirement that packages in main must be built > > from source code? > > Is there really no interest in this topic?
Are you sure there's a requirement that packages must *be built* from source code? Do you have a reference for that? I only recall a requirement that the corresponding source code must, when compiled, result in the binary package. I don't know whether that helps with this particular Gordian knot. -- \ “I have a large seashell collection, which I keep scattered on | `\ the beaches all over the world. Maybe you've seen it.” —Steven | _o__) Wright | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
