Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Building the stable version

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

On Thu, February 8, 2007 13:48, Michele Pensotti wrote:
> At 08.28 08/02/2007 -0600, Heiko Zuerker wrote:
>
>> This is the current 'stable' release, it's just a little more current
>> then the official one.
>
> Ok, I hadn't quite got it!
>
>
> So, can I safely compile some addon binaries on this build system and be
> confident that I can safely add them to the 1.2.12 .iso file downloaded
> from the official mirror?

Yeap
Or just use iso file which get's compiled by the build system.
Are you adding anything which could be of common interest? If yes, please
send in the patches. ;-)

> Widely, my question could expand to "What are the exact prerequisites of
> an "external" binary executable to be able to run on DL?"
> For example, can I run a binary from , say, a Debian Sarge install or a
> Centos one?

I can't really give you the exact prerequisites (I'm not a software
developer), but the glibc version should be compatible. I.e. if you
compiled it on glibc 2.3, it should work on DL.

>> Unfortunately we can't separate out the various releases, it would eat
>> up too much disk space.
>
> I can understand , that's ok with me.
>
>
> Thanks again :-) (for everything, from the wonderful distro to the
> support I'm getting here)

You are welcome

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  Heiko Zuerker
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