crosstool-NG Debian packaging

[Bryan Hundven]

Chris,

> On Feb 22, 2016, at 7:55 PM, Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> On 02/11/2016 10:43 AM, andrew@ncrmnt.org wrote:
>> 10 февраля 2016 г., 23:32, "Chris Packham" <Chris.Packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz> написал:
>>> Hi Bryan, Andrew,
>>> 
>>> I see that there is some movement on packaging crosstool-NG for Debian.
>>> This is relevant to my interests and I have subscribed to your mailing
>>> list :).
>>> 
>>> Is there an open Debian bug for this? I've found a few older ones but
>>> they all seem to have timed out due to lack of interest.
>> 
>> Hi, Chris. Unfortunately, I'm not a debian maintainer and there's no open bug
>> for that in debian bugtracker. I've done the packaging for my own needs,
>> since it was waaay faster than opening a bug ;). So unless you know some debian
>> maintainers crosstool-ng won't land in debian repositories any time soon;)
>> 
> 
> So in a fit of optimism I thought I'd give submission to debian a go.
> Based on Andrew's work I've got packaging for the released 1.22.0 with
> some patches I need for my own selfish needs.
> 
> Andrew are you happy to be listed in the debian/control as the
> maintainer or do you want me to put my name in there instead (or should
> I put Bryan).

I would say that Andrew is the one who submitted the debian/ directory. I already maintain the source, and I don’t always use any specific GNU/Linux distribution at any one time. (Although a long time debian user! ;) ) I’d rather keep a un-biased mindset about crosstool-ng, distribution wise, as some of what I work on is not for GNU/Linux at all (*BSD support, Mac OS X support, etc…)


> I also notice that the tarball from github[1] has some unfortunate paths
> in it, "crosstool-ng-crosstool-ng-1.22.0" which makes packaging it a bit
> of a pain (1.21.0 also seems to have the same issue).

You found the problem, you provide a patch. I have a ton of issues on my plate, and rarely still does anyone ever get around to reviewing my changes, even when I ask for it!

> Is there any way we can get that fixed? I have re-generated the tarball
> locally but if someone were to compare the md5sum of my tarball to the
> one from github they might think something malicious was going on.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
> --
> [1] -
> https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/archive/crosstool-ng-1.22.0.tar.gz

Cheers,

-Bryan
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