En Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 08:29:27PM +0800, Ian C. Sison escribio:
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#_ but de aunorable depens lowyer, src.rpm is still a package! you are
#_ trying to mislead dis aunorabol empechmen cour!
Your honors please, since the preciding officer has made a previous
ruling... and I quote...
En Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 02:03:46PM +0800, Ian C . Sison escribio:
#_ I guess all this discussion (and perceived merits) of using plain
#_ tarballs versus a package manager is because of the basic lack of
#_ knowledge on package managers in general.
#_
#_ Lesson 1: The source is still there.
#_
#_ There is such a thing as SOURCE RPMs. These files contain:
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#_ 1. The original tarball, as released by the author
#_ 2. A SPEC file, which contains:
#_ 0. The packager, and his contact info
#_ 1. Build commands
#_ 2. Source patches to make the tarball build in a target environent
#_ 3. Shell commands to initiate building and installing into a system.
#_ 4. Documentation on the changes done to accomodate fixes etc.
I therefore manifest that, although a src.rpm is an alleged package; that is
only half the truth, since to arive at the porported package <exhibit
metaheptuple c++>: rpm, one has to process the source tar.bz2 (or it's alias
tar.gz) first, (which was subject of a subpoena duces tecum ad
testificandum) pursuant to the laws governing source tarballs, which
include, but are not limited to: patch, ./configure, make, make install and
such other collateral that ./configure may require.
With the permission of this honorable court I will therefore stipulate, if
the opposing pannel will agree with the stipulation, that:
1 ) src.rpm is a package.
2 ) src.rpm requires the processing of source tarball, albeit
automagically.
3 ) src.rpm will result to rpm
4 ) src.rpm is the best of both worlds - the factum provandum.
Having made the offer of stipulation and if the opposing pannel agrees with
the stipulation, no further setimonies are needed your honor.
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