On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 06:37:47PM +0000, Stephen Quinney wrote: > Package: gibraltar-bootcd > Severity: serious > > I was just attempting to build gibraltar-bootcd version 0.40 from the > source using pbuilder and it failed horribly. > > Upon investigation I found that debian/rules is calling two scripts: > build-discover (which attempts to download the source for curl, expat > and discover) and build-paste (which attempts to grab the source for > coreutils). This is total and utter madness, I've never come across > anything so odd before in my experience of Debian packaging. [...]
Agree, there must be a better way. However, developers reference (I think) does recommend a makefile rule to download the source, which I think is a great idea. So, this download should turn into a completely optional Makefile rule on which nothing depends. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
