[indiana-discuss] "Where do I download OpenSolaris" Ian Murdock

[Stephen Hahn]

* Martin Man <Martin.Man at sun.com> [2007-08-29 11:39]:
> I'm sure of only one thing, as long as my system does not allow me to:
> 
> # apt-get build-deps myprogram
> # apt-get source -b myprogram
> 
> I'm locked into the FTBFS madness and I'm slave of whoever produced the 
> binary package.

  What is FTBFS?

  Anyway, what I am trying to say in the blog post is that, technically,
  I don't see I don't see how we can write a build system right now,
  given the many problems with current patching and packaging and,
  to corral the various binary producers, I see a unified build system
  as an _obstacle_.  I'm happy to define the per-package metadata as
  much as possible to allow build systems to be built atop the packaging
  system.

  - Stephen

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