On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 01:58:03PM -0400, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > * Package name : debian-builder > > This is a simple system which is designed to allow a system > > administrator to rebuild Debian packages from their source. > > How's this different from e.g. apt-src?
apt-src is a package which allows you to keep local changes to your system by tracking the newer versions of packages available in the archive. In that respect it's really focussed upon giving a source-based installation. This package isn't that complex, it will purely take a package named and rebuild it from source - allowing you to transform the package at the same time. Versioning is handled intelligently so that you can keep your rebuilt package even if a newer unstable releae comes out (or choose not to). Really the biggest difference is that apt-src is an ongoing package, allowing you to run 'apt-src update; apt-src upgrade' to rebuild your system. debian-builder by contrast allows you to rebuild a package and install it. That's all. Steve -
