Re: [Xen-devel] Xen4.2 debian packaging

[Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2013, Alex Bligh wrote:
> Stefano,
> 
> --On 25 February 2013 20:14:33 +0000 Stefano Stabellini 
> <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 25 Feb 2013, Alex Bligh wrote:
> >> However, that isn't the end of the story. If you want a lightweight
> >> deb that doesn't take 39 years to build and is integrated into the
> >> build system (because you are a developer), the minideb thing is
> >> far easier (as it's just an extra make step), than debuild -us -uc -b,
> >> dealing with all the debian/ubuntu patches that get applied to the
> >> source, etc. etc.
> >
> > That's all good, but how does it compare to the deb target of the
> > xen-unstable build system?
> 
> How does the minideb thing compare? It's exactly the same, except:
> 
> * it misses the files that aren't needed for a minimal xl based install.
>   So, for instance, no header files.
> 
> * I made the init scripts do something useful (arguably this change
>   should be brought over to the main debian target).

Could you "fix" the init scripts in the main debian target?
If we overlook the lack of header files, you'll have what you want and
we won't have to maintain two separate deb build targets.

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