Andrew Lynch wrote: > ... > Is there a way to completely build a debian linux installation from > source code on the Source CD? I mean this: > ... > from the original source code? This would be more time consuming, > obviously, but would capture the benefits of compiled for target > optimizations (pentium vs 486, etc). >
It would also allow for new versions of Debian to be distributed as source diff's in addition to the complete sources. It would be very benefitial for those who don't have enough bandwidth to download the contents of several CDs and definitely have a positive impact on ease of distribution and up-to-dateness of many Debian installations. I know nothing about internal structure of *.deb files, but I don't see why they shouldn't support building from sources or source diffs as well and at the same time retain dependency information allowing dselect (or alike) to work as before? Regards, Milan
