DUR: The Debian User Repository

Re:DUR: The Debian User Repository by viraptor on Saturday June 26, 2021 @02:51AM (#27639753)

> As long as Debian separates between distributed binaries, and -dev packages which include all source codes and headers - I would not recommend it for software development.

Is that the case for some specific languages? -dev packages for C and other compiled libraries do not include the full source code of the library. Normally they only include the headers, pkgconfig, and similar files.

> Libraries are not upgradeable due to how other packages depend on them.

Got some examples where it's a problem and not an actual dependency issue?

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Re:DUR: The Debian User Repository by cookiengineer on Saturday June 26, 2021 @08:14AM (#27641209)

> Got some examples where it's a problem and not an actual dependency issue?

Try to recompile mesa or say, just the demos (aka glxgears) :) Worst case scenario for Debian dependencies.

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Re:DUR: The Debian User Repository by viraptor on Saturday June 26, 2021 @08:45AM (#27641375)

I meant an example of what the issue is. Glxgears seems to have reasonable dependencies (https://packages.debian.org/buster/mesa-utils) gl1 and glu1 are not even restricted on versions.

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Re:DUR: The Debian User Repository by seba_dos1 on Saturday June 26, 2021 @10:52AM (#27642367)

I regularly recompile mesa on my Debian-based phone and I'm not exactly sure what you mean. It goes painless.

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