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emmelaich · 2024-05-01 03:56:12

This is great!

There was (is?) a program developed by some debian developers that did a similar thing way back, but I can't remember it.

Anyone?

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AndyKelley | karma 9290 | avg karma 6.93 · | 2022-12-08 18:45:41

This is a brilliant idea which I hadn't thought of before. If the Debian folks are happy with this approach, this could save us a lot of trouble!

gjvc | karma 13019 | avg karma 3.95 · | 2023-03-24 05:35:07

Do you have any examples of Debian doing this?

joeyh | karma 3131 | avg karma 5.0 · | 2013-11-08 17:49:28

Just to be clear, Debian didn't do this, I did.

And only, so far in one package, which can be used to mirror Debian or various of its derivatives.

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drmeister | karma 1095 | avg karma 9.61 · | 2020-08-26 04:54:57

Thank you. So debs for debian? I have great collaborators working with me now that could do this. We have one for Arch I believe. I just haven't prioritized this yet.

luke-stanley | karma 395 | avg karma 1.36 · | 2013-07-15 15:54:27+00:00

Surely there should be a Bash script or Debian package for this kinda thing?

kosolam | karma 216 | avg karma 0.79 · | 2023-10-31 08:15:20

Thank you. A Debian specific one would be great nonetheless. I will post here if I find anything.

mnw21cam | karma 5706 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2023-08-10 04:06:19

Ooo, nice. Has there been any interest from any distros for including it in (for instance) Debian?

marcus_holmes | karma 13555 | avg karma 3.31 · | 2019-04-26 05:25:39+00:00

there's a Debian package :) thanks for the tip :)

pferde | karma 3155 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2019-09-30 13:30:13

Debian-based distros can use package pinning to this effect, but since it is an opt-in feature for advanced users, it is not a full solution. I'm mentioning it here just for sake of completeness.

philpem | karma 1320 | avg karma 2.67 · | 2019-02-04 14:33:48+00:00

Didn't Debian do that already, with Iceweasel?

beermonster | karma 2137 | avg karma 3.4 · | 2021-02-10 15:31:37+00:00

Debian has apt pinning for this kind of thing.

pjc50 | karma 93685 | avg karma 3.72 · | 2021-12-28 16:03:50

This is roughly what Debian "alternatives" does, although it's not used for libraries.

khobragade | karma 141 | avg karma 2.27 · | 2024-01-23 12:30:15

They're already done by the Debian people.

jeffalyanak | karma 348 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2024-06-17 10:06:34

They're already available in the Debian repos and probably elsewhere as well.

FooBarWidget | karma 7524 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2013-09-11 14:07:41+00:00

That's exactly what we're trying to do. We've already contacted Debian/Ubuntu packagers about this.

tux3 | karma 6659 | avg karma 5.97 · | 2021-03-11 10:56:35

Oh, those are in Debian, as a matter of fact!

herbst | karma 3982 | avg karma 1.08 · | 2016-10-04 08:07:05+00:00

Deb? Afaik also RPM distros have such tools.

klysm | karma 3701 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2023-10-10 23:21:40

I can’t find it right now, but the Debian docs explicitly indicate that you shouldn’t do that because the internal format is not stable. It has changed significantly in the past, and the only “supported” way to do it is with the official Debian tools

ljlolel | karma 2306 | avg karma 3.48 · | 2012-05-16 14:59:11+00:00

Yes that would be great. I've used debian for over a decade but I still don't know how I would turn my python packages or other programs into debs.