[indiana-discuss] [pkg-discuss] src packages

[Bart Smaalders]

Brian Banister wrote:
> As a user, I care about src packages because there are times when I  
> want a particular feature compiled in which the maintainer did not  
> want.  For example, I want bacula to use postgres rather than the  
> default compiled MySQL.  Under debian based systems, it is easy to  
> grab the source (with any patches used) plus build scripts to  
> reproduce that package.  I can then make my config edits and build a  
> new (custom to me) package to install.  This also works well for  
> backporting a particular app to my current system.

This implies that the pointer provided in the package is
sufficient to completely reproduce the build environment
used to produce the package originally.  This is not
generally true for our build environments.

- Bart

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