[pkg-bioc] logic problem....

Dirk Eddelbuettel edd at debian.org
Sun May 20 21:35:13 UTC 2007


On 20 May 2007 at 23:21, David Vernazobres wrote:
| Dear all,
| I think that I spot a logic problem. But I do not know how to solve
| it, apart duplicating part of the code.
| 
| In r_pkg_prepare.sh, we generate the list the list of package already
| in Debian (currently based on the official debian mirror + our
| temporary alioth directory).
| In cran2deb.pl, we used this list, to determine, if we skip the
| package (already present), or if we build the package.
| Which means that in our setup, the built packages, will not be
| updated, as they are on the Already in debian exclusion-list.

Historically, that's how it used to work. Some of the packages in Debian are
or used to be tricky build, and are generally current.

| On the other hand, just the official debian mirror, is not enough as
| we will rebuild package in alioth.
| Am I right ?

Why is it not enough?
 
| I propose the following :
| * having an apt-cache on the official debian mirror, and an other on
| our temporary mirror. So we may be able to distinct between official
| debian package and alioth packages. 

Sounds right.

| So we will need a few more of
| directories for the build. But a lot more powerful....

I think we are aiming for the same goal.

Dirk
 
| Comments?
| david
| 

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