setting up a backports environment

[John Dong]

well, sure, you can run it from a chroot, but from what he said, it seems
like he's already got a vmware setup, so he might as well use it :)

On 11/30/05, Reinhard Tartler <siretart at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/30/05, John Dong <jdong at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > On 11/30/05, matt nicholson <sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com> wrote:
> > > alright then, that makes it even simpler, thanks. what about the
> > > procedure for after the package is built? just notify someone
> > > "official"  that it builds fine or what? thanks again John, you've
> been
> > > pretty quick and helpfully.
> >
> > Either file  a request at the forums or on the mailing list, indicating
> that
> > it builds fine. Also test installing the package and using it (may need
> > VMWare) if you can, because often times a perfectly building package
> would
> > not work.
>
> If a package needs vmware to be tested, I don't think it is a good
> candidate for backporting. Just install it in your chroot and run/test
> it from there.
>
> --
> regards,
>     Reinhard
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