Re: Bootstrapping from binary blob shipped in the source package

2008-07-31 Thread Jens Peter Secher
Florian Weimer 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?

Re: Bootstrapping from binary blob shipped in the source package

2008-07-31 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 31 juillet 2008 à 10:07 +0200, Jens Peter Secher a écrit : What do you mean by reliability here? From a package-building perspective, I find it to be more reliable to use the precompiled blop because then I can make sure that the package compiles in a minimal environment. Otherwise

Re: Bootstrapping from binary blob shipped in the source package

2008-07-20 Thread Marco d'Itri
[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

Re: Bootstrapping from binary blob shipped in the source package

2008-07-19 Thread Florian Weimer
* Florian Weimer: 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

Re: Bootstrapping from binary blob shipped in the source package

2008-07-19 Thread Ben Finney
Florian Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Florian Weimer: 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

Bootstrapping from binary blob shipped in the source package

2008-05-25 Thread Florian Weimer
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? The alternative would be a