On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 01:30:47PM -0700, Marc J. Driftmeyer wrote: > Are there any set /debian control, changelog, compat, dirs, rules, > .preinst.debhelper, etc., scripts to build them that will coincide with > debian proper?
I don't understand the question. Debian experimental is not self-contained, so there's no guarantee at all that packages from sid will work flawlessly with libraries from experimental. In the ideal case, all GNUstep applications should build fine against the versions of the libraries at experimental without any modifications; you don't have to modify the source to get working packages -- only a rebuild is enough (or should be enough, in most cases). So to rebuild the packages you care about you would do something like $ apt-get source gorm.app && cd gorm.app-* # apt-get build-dep gorm.app $ dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc # dpkg -i ../gorm.app_*amd64.deb As I said, all packages will be rebuilt via binNMUs scheduled by the Release Team when the new GNUstep core libraries are uploaded in unstable. Uploading to experimental was needed to let them pass through Debian's NEW queue, and to avoid immediate breakage when there are GNUstep packages involved in other library transitions. It is also useful for us to preliminary test packages before the transition, without affecting the majority of the users. If you are brave enough to install packages from experimental, you are by definition knowledgable about the implications. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
