Hi ! On 2021-05-19 12:57 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:29:56PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> Yesterday I downloaded the virtualbox package from the Ubuntu repository >> (because I just found it's not in Debian anymore) and compiled it on >> Debian. Because all the software that I can't find compiled in the >> Debian normal repository, I get them from either Ubuntu or Kali and >> compile them myself. Yes I compiled all the packages that are in Kali >> but not in Debian, to make my own Buster with Kali software. That was >> "hell of a mess" but as I did it before with Stretch, I already had a base. > > I believe most people would refuse to support this system, because it's > not in a state that anyone but you will understand, or know how to > troubleshoot. > > If you have an issue with virtualbox specifically, I would suggest you > go to a virtualbox support channel. They'll know much more about it > than a generic Debian channel does. The best you'll get out of #debian > is probably a bot factoid that points you to a wiki page and/or bug > reports that describe the issues with virtualbox, and why it was removed > from Debian. > > If your real issue is "how do I support my frankendebian built out of > hand-built packages from three different distributions", well, we don't > know, and we don't want to waste our time trying to find out. > Love that kind of non-sense answer... First, it was only a example as I normally find solution myself. 2nd, if you read what I wrote, it regard to a question specific to something pretty much Debian. And that is :
Build options set in the buildflags.mk Now if what you are telling me is : That all software that I may run on my Linux box that are not inside the Debian repository will make my system a "frankendebian" and will entitle myself to be called off-topic and not worth having my message read, then honestly, I'll simply stop reading mailing list and go on my own. If this is not a Debian question then tell my what it is ? "Why did it was chosen to use the -fPIC option in buildflags.mk on the AMD64 platform and will this matter if I take if off because I'm trying to build a software that ain't in the repository" (Because software in the repository got built so will build). Now no one ask you to waste any time. And if the only time you can take to help someone is the time that you know can be added to a "bug fixed database" than that's your choice but be assured that if someone ask for help, and even if it's a real unique case, that only this person may have, then I'll be more than happy to help. Because I'm not wasting my time, but I'm learning and possibly this could be useful if I ever get something similar in a different situation. To be open minded doesn't mean you have to crack your head open ;-) -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development
OpenPGP_signature
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
