According to Eero Tamminen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Even better would be if it could build Debian source package on
> request. Just by giving it the package name it would fetch the sources
> from Debian repository and (try to) build them for Maemo.
While I understand the appeal, this is a really bad idea. Debian
packages contain lots of assumptions and content that is not suitable
for a quality N800 (N700, N810, whatever) package.
Just a few:
- documentation files, manpages, changelogs, licenses, etc. Admittedly,
this could be filtered out by the autobuilder.
- assumptions about default users and groups
- creation of users and groups
- install scripts doing unnecessary things, and bringing in extra
dependencies that are unneeded.
- log fiies, which lead to log rotation.
- assumptions about file system layout that the N800 et. al. do not obey
- Oh, and the control fields such as "Maintainer" and "Section" are
probably wrong.
Basically, even if a Debian source package would be fine on the N800,
it needs someone to look at it and confirm. You could automate some of
this, but I don't think a total automation is feasible, or even worth
working on.
Regards,
Steve
--
Steve Greenland
The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating
system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the
world. -- seen on the net
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