2009/2/26 <[email protected]>: > even where rsyslog is included in a distro it's very handy to have a spec > file (or debian equivalent) included with the source to allow a 'make rpm' > or 'make deb' to properly make packages. > > I've been using checkinstall to create debian packages from the compiled > source, and I don't know what it's doing wrong, but I've been tripped up a > few times by it not replacing all the files that it should if rsyslog is > already installed (the packages it creates work just fine if rsyslog isn't > installed at all)
FWIW, I as Debian maintainer of rsyslog, explicitly asked Rainer to remove the debian/ directory from the upstream source tree. Reason is simple: Packaging is the task of the downstream distros and the files shipped upstream were always out-of-date anyways. This not only caused more work for me as Debian maintainer but also leads to bad user experience if the rpm/debs created from the upstream spec/debian build files are outdated and potentially create a half-way broken package. If the fedora bits are kept in an entirely separate upstream packaging branch, then I don't really care. But I wouldn't like to see them (or any debian related files) shipped in a release tarball. Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com
