Re: Using source code for debian; compiling debian

1997-11-06 Thread Bruce Perens
From: "Richard G. Roberto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think this is a major shortcoming of the debian package > system. Why wouldn't I want to run two different web > servers? Two packages that provide the same functionality > don't need to be mutually exclusive. Likewise, I'd very > much like to s

Re: Using source code for debian; compiling debian

1997-11-06 Thread Igor Grobman
> On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > > > Several hundred of the Debian packages will compile automaticaly. A number > > of them will not, and require a bit of hand tweaking. > > > > You can't install _all_ debian packages, as many of them conflict with each > > other. For example we distri

Re: Using source code for debian; compiling debian

1997-11-06 Thread Richard G. Roberto
On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > Several hundred of the Debian packages will compile automaticaly. A number > of them will not, and require a bit of hand tweaking. > > You can't install _all_ debian packages, as many of them conflict with each > other. For example we distribute at least

Re: Using source code for debian; compiling debian

1997-11-05 Thread Bruce Perens
Several hundred of the Debian packages will compile automaticaly. A number of them will not, and require a bit of hand tweaking. You can't install _all_ debian packages, as many of them conflict with each other. For example we distribute at least 4 web servers, and you'd only want one. Th

Re: Using source code for debian; compiling debian

1997-11-05 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Donald R. Harter Jr. wrote: > I would like to know if there is a way to automatically unpack all the > source code for debian, give a script some CFLAGS(like -g or -m386), > compile all of debian, and then optionaly install all the binaries.