On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Dermot John Bradley wrote: > - gated (proposed): I built a package about 8-10 months ago but due to the > requirement for a license (because of the OSPF code) it couldn't go into > Debian (this was discussed on debian-devel back then). I still have my > .dsc and .diffs.gz files for this for an older version and I started work > on packaging gated 3.5.7 for libc6 last week (I see 3.5.8 has *just* come > out). Any suggestions what to do with the finished version? could it go in > non-free or would that still cause license problems?
i think an installer package in contrib is the best solution. the installer should: - download the gated sources (using wget or lwp-request or snarf or an ftp script) - extract into /usr/src/debian/gated - apply debian patches - build the package this can either be done in the post-inst or by installing a /usr/sbin/make-gated script. the postinst version couldn't offer to install the built package (dpkg is not re-entrant) but the make-gated script could. note that there are no problems with DOWNLOADING gated sources. The weird licensing is only a problem if you want to DISTRIBUTE it. debian can't distribute any gated sources because we wont sign the distribution license agreement. > - ldap (proposed): built an unreleased package but could never get slurpd > to work (threads problem). Intending to build under libc6 which is > supposed to have better threads support. An alternative option is that > Critical Angle have an RPM version of their heavily hacked Umich ldap. Critical Angle's ldapd is non-free as far as i can tell from their license. craig -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .