Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] tools: Improve make deb

[Alex Bligh <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim,

--On 1 March 2013 09:35:45 +0000 Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > 1. Providing some sort of debian packaging allowing the unstable build
> >   to be used and installed in a normal way, to encourage testing of
> >   unstable. This needs init scripts etc. in it, but typically the
> >   user isn't making his own changes. This should be debuild thing
> >   with a debian directory (in my opinion), and might not want to be
> >   upstream in a conventional way.
> >
> > 2. Providing a .deb for the developer, with a bit more functionality
> >   than the .tgz (e.g. not stomping on configuration files), and
> >   arguably some init files, but essentially to let the developer
> >   install his own stuff. A make target is better here, partly because
> >   make from clean (which is what debuild does) takes ages.
> >
> > 3. Providing a minimalist install (e.g. without header files) of a
> >   development build - i.e. a small 'package' to take over to another
> >   machine to install for the purposes of testing - that's what
> >   my minideb target did. Again a make target is better here.
> Couldn't (3) be a part of (1)?  You'd have a set of packages (e.g. xen,
> docs, tools, tools-dev) and only install the ones you need.
The main reasons why I didn't do (3) that way is that making a new
.deb using debuild etc. tends to apply lots of patches to the source,
and require building from clean. That isn't ideal if you are doing
development builds from git (case 3), where you want to use make.

--
Alex Bligh

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