On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 01:10:19PM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 08:34:25PM -1000, Brian Russo wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 01:28:51AM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm maintaining a package (geomview) whose source is free, but parts > > > of it require a non-free library (xforms) to compile. Currently, the > > > debian source package builds a single package that omits the programs > > > that require xforms. There is a wishlist bug requesting that a second > > > package be created containing the extra bits. That seems like a > > > reasonable request. How do I do it? > > > > last I checked the autobuilders didn't do anything but main, > > so I don't think should be a problem, affirmation anyone? > > My understanding of the statement "the autobuilders [don't] do > anything but main" is that they only process source packages that > generate .debs for the "main" distribution. > > What I am proposing is a source package that generates *both* a "main" > and a "contrib" .deb. What would the autobuilder do with that? In > fact, how would the autobuilder even know that is the case? The > control file does not record whether a binary goes into main or > contrib. [I presume that is decided by the ftp maintainers when a new > package is introduced, and then recorded somewhere. Do the > autobuilders use this information?]
hmm, I don't know, I presume they get the information ala madison via auric. or a similar mechanism, I was kind of hoping someone would chime in and give you the answer :) Probably the easiest thing would be to break it into a separate package. - Brian who knows that the autobuilders only process main but is unsure of the details. -- Brian Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian/GNU Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.debian.org LPSG "member" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.lpsg.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
