On Thu Aug 15, 2024 at 10:38 PM BST, Dmitrii Odintcov wrote: > The existing tutorials on `equivs` tools are few and not very > detailed, so I'm looking for some clarification. > > What do `equivs-control`/`build` do beyond what can already be > accomplished with a `DEBIAN/control` file and `dpkg --build`?
Nothing, really. They in theory make the process easier/smoother. I've long felt that they were overcomplicated in themselves: the ideal UX should be not much more than "equivs package-name" => ./package-name.deb generated, IMHO. I once had ambitions to add that UX (either as a patch to equivs, or as a separate equivs-ng) but I never got around to it. -- Please do not CC me for listmail. 👱🏻 Jonathan Dowland ✎ [email protected] 🔗 https://jmtd.net
