Re: A GNU Distribution

[Richard Stallman]

    > $ apt-get build-dep $PROGRAM;
    > $ apt-get source $PROGRAM;
    > $ cd PROGRAM/;
    > $ ./configure;
    > $ make;
    > $ make install;
    > 
    > What is not easy about this? :-)

    Well, for a start I reckon it would be possible to shorten that down
    from 6 commands. Plus, a lot of binary packages are built with
    specialised arguments passed to ./configure if I want to rebuild after
    making some small changes how am I to know the arguments to pass?

If configure arguments are crucial, each package COULD contain a
script called `binconfigure' which runs `configure' using the
appropriate arguments.

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