On 14/01/14 22:31, Jan Niklas Hasse wrote:
I don't understand what debian's package manager has to do with a
build system?
There's no reason why
apt-get install librust-sdl2-dev
shouldn't work, no matter what rust-sdl2 uses for building itself. The
package will just contain a rlib file and put it inside
/usr/lib/rustlib/<target-triple>/.
There is a LOT of cross-over between package managers and build
systems. In fact, I'd argue that the distinction is very blurry, if not
misguided. Debian, for instance, provides:
apt-get -b source packagename
Which downloads and builds a package from source.
Many package managers, like the BSD ports, MAINLY download and build
from source. They're nothing but standardised wrappers for the many
build systems out there, along with (in some package managers, like
Debian's) standards for where the installed files should end up.
Other packages managers will ONLY build from source.
I think what you're mainly getting at, though, is why you need to care
about debian choosing to say:
apt-get install librust-sdl2-dev
When the Rust community says:
rustpkg -i rust-sdl
The problem is that, the whole concept of a package manager is to
standardise and maintain compatiblity between installed packages. So
when debian says:
apt-get install librust-sdl2-dev
AND you say:
rustpkg -i rust-sdl--berts-version
That's a conflict. Because two open source communities failed to work
together. BUT, debian, and others like BSD ports etc., very much do
their part, in providing ways to install librust-sdl2-dev etc. The part
that's missing is the metadata for rust-sdl--berts-version, which says,
"This package provides librust-sdl, so if you install this, don't
install some other librust-sdl as well."
Basically, I'm saying that, if we make a little effort to create open,
accessible package data, then everyone will find it easier to work with
us. That shouldn't be a foreign concept.
--
Lee
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