From: BG - Ben Armstrong <BArmstrong@...>
Date: 2005-01-15T05:33:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Anyone have a Debian equivs file for ruby?

On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 05:23 +0900, BG - Ben Armstrong wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 04:01 +0900, Thursday wrote:
> > There are numerous ruby-related packages and I'm uncertain which ones 
> > are provided by the source installation of ruby using the defaults.
> 
> It is easy to find out.  Visit:
> 
> http://packages.debian.org/<packagename> (in this case,
> http://packages.debian.org/ruby1.8 ).  Then click on the ".dsc" link and
> note the "Binary:" link.  This lists every package the source package
> provides.

Oh.  A word of caution, though.  The debian/rules for ruby1.8 specifies
many switches to ./configure so if you're just making equivs provide
everything that the Debian package does, it's a bit of a lie.  Unless
you're certain your build from source provides everything the Debian
package does, you could end up with broken dependencies.  Review each
one and only include in your equivs package the dependencies you know
your build satisfies.

Your best bet if you just want an updated ruby Debian package is to try
to apply the Debian patches to a new ruby upstream source tree and then
build new debian packages from source.  Heed well this warning in the
description of the equivs package:

"Please note that this is a crude hack and if thoughtlessly used,
 it might possibly do damage to your packaging system."

Ben