[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Some packages (notably compilers) avoid cyclic build dependencies by >> shipping some sort of pre-compiled blob in the source package. This >> blob is then used to compile the package. >> >> Does this fullfil the requirement that packages in main must be built >> from source code? >Is there really no interest in this topic?
There is nothing wrong with using a precompiled compiler to bootstrap the package in Debian, but after there is a working package in the archive it should not be used anymore (for reliability issues, not freedom issues). And anyway, a working binary program is not a "pre-compiled blob". -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
