Re: Git as a BuildRequires (packaging)

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On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 10:09:23PM -0500, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > So, what do the git gurus recommend?  I'm not sure if other
> > distros have tackled this problem before, but some kind of
> > commonality for the 'how do you package things that need to build
> > against git' question would be nice.
> 
> AFAIK, cgit is the only program that behaves in this way, and it doesn't
> seem to be in Debian at all. So you might be the first to deal with it.
> :)

We have it in Frugalware[1], and it's not a that big problem: the cgit
Makefile clearly states the supported git version, you just have to
download it "manually" (specify it in the spec file in case of Fedora)
in case you want an offline build (what every distro wants).

1: http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-current.git;a=blob;f=source/network-extra/cgit/FrugalBuild;hb=HEAD

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