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<dilinger> CosmicRay: so, um, this srcinst thing you've created; am i
understanding the docs correctly? give it a random (source) tarball,
and it will create a debian package? does it create only binary
package, or will it create source packages as well?
<CosmicRay> not so much a tarball as a package name
<CosmicRay> the purpose of srcinst is to build .debs
<CosmicRay> the utility of it is that it follows both build-deps and
deps during that process.
<CosmicRay> building/installing necessary dependencies as it goes.
<dilinger> so s/tarball/tree/?
<CosmicRay> in theory, barring recursive dependencies, you should be
able to build/install any package in debian using a single srcinst
command having only a source mirror at your disposal.
<CosmicRay> it just calls apt-get -b source to do the actual building
of a source package
<dilinger> ah
<dilinger> i see
<dilinger> so you begin w/ an already created debian package
<CosmicRay> so if apt knows about your source mirror, srcinst will work.
<CosmicRay> *source* package, yes.
<dilinger> gotcha
<CosmicRay> I wanted to prove that it's possible to do gentoo-like
builds from source in Debian
<CosmicRay> and, in most cases, it is.
<dilinger> CosmicRay: but can you add your superoptimized
-funroll-loops -O9 crack? ;)
<CosmicRay> by setting proper environment variables first, sure ;-)
<braindmg> dilinger: you just need a gcc wrapper ;P
<CosmicRay> I actually mentioned this on the list awhile back, let me
see if I can dig it up
<CosmicRay> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/03/msg01387.html
<CosmicRay> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/03/msg01406.html
<CosmicRay> I only now got around to uploading it.
<CosmicRay> dilinger: so anyway, the bottom line is that srcinst does
roughly the same thing as "make install" does in a BSD distro: build
all dependencies from source recursively, then build the package from
source
<dilinger> CosmicRay: ok
<dilinger> CosmicRay: i recommend you stick that irc scrollback in a README ;)
<CosmicRay> dilinger: wise, I think I'll do just that.
<dilinger> irc, the easy way to write documentation
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