Project: Debian-From-Source [Summary]

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Debian-From-Source (DFS) is kind of parasite on Debian's build infrastructure. It does not make Gentoo -- there's no way to avoid building all binaries from source package. It runs off already present Debian repository (stable is OK) and builds every requested package. If existing (local!) package in Build-Depends doesn't suffice (think: version relations) then that package is built too (some kind of order provided).

As a bonus building Debian provides lots of fun, education, you meet lots of new people, and bugreport them. I have successfully migrated from 'etch' to 'lenny' (most pain) and then to 'squeeze' (seemlesly, although build server had to be upgraded).

DFS doesn't build mirror (what's built isn't actually Debian at all). And if you can afford networked 'apt-get upgrade' you should stay with casual way too.

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License: GNU General Public License (GPL) (v3.0) Category: SysAdmin [ See other projects in this category ] Project Administrator & Developer: whynot
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