On 04/04/12 19:30, Dave Rawks wrote: > On 04/04/2012 09:51 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> >> On 04/04/12 18:35, Dave Rawks wrote: >>> Not to speak out of turn, but making the build process dependent on a >>> very specific version of libtools and autotools seems like a really bad >>> plan. I've never run into a debian source package before that demands to >> >> Only the `bootstrap' step recommends a particular version of autotools. >> >> There would be more QA risk if every revision (e.g. 3.3.5, 3.3.6, 3.3.7) >> was bootstrapped on a different autotools. Given the limited resources >> of the project, the easiest way to ensure consistency between releases >> is to make sure that we always bootstrap on a specified platform before >> making a release tarball. >> >> This only impacts people who want to work with source code directly from >> git (rather than using a tarball) >> > > Well, if you've ever tried to build the debian source package, in the > middle of whatever is called from "debian/rules build" there is echo'd a > stern warning about autotools versions and it looks like a few git > commands are attempted but fail without stopping the build.
This may not be the official process for building a Debian package The official process is being documented at the moment, various packaging things like that are covered here already (Debian coming soon): https://github.com/ganglia/monitor-core/wiki/ReleaseTesting If the debian/rules file you are using calls git commands, that is also a sign of trouble, Debian policy prohibits any dependency on the network during the build process ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
