[Build-common-hackers] CDBS code repository on line?
Peter Eisentraut
peter_e at gmx.net
Mon Apr 3 21:42:52 UTC 2006
Karl Hegbloom wrote:
> Do yous keep a source repository on line under some revision control
> system?
No.
> I'd like to pull a copy to make some experimental patches
> on. If they turn out to be right, I'll send them in.
Just download the latest source package from unstable.
> In brief, I'm going to perform some minor adjustments that will make
> creation of <pkg>-dbg easier and more automatic. I didn't want a dbg
> package to have a redundant copy of the documentation installed, and
> attempted to put a symlink in /usr/share/doc, but the dh_installdocs
> runs before the dh_links.
That sounds like an interesting idea. But it assumes that one dbg
package corresponds to exactly one regular package, which is not the
common situation.
> Is there a Wiki for CDBS? Someone should start a 'CDBS Cookbook'.
> It should have a beginners page (think "freshman" wannabe) that
> explains what you should read first and provide a tour guide in order
> to fully grok CDBS' .mk files.
There is a manual. Is there anything you would like to see added there?
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