[SciPy-user] Debian package(s)? -- and RPM

[Steve M. Robbins]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 05:37:24PM +0200, Pearu Peterson wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, RA wrote:
> 
> > > I think you can treat f2py similarly to '-scipy', '-weave', or '-chaco'
> > > (packaging should be then easier). All they depend on scipy-core and the
> > > only difference is that f2py comes with a script 'f2py'.
> > 
> > So, you mean, only _one_ '-f2py' package, with script-file and f2py2e 
> > directory? 
> 
> Yes, exactly.
> 
> > This would be indeed the simplest version. If someone wants to use 
> > f2py, but not scipy, he/she has to install scipy-core. 
> 
> Yes, that was the point.
> 
> I thought that debian packaging system takes care of such dependencies so
> that scipy-core will be selected automatically when one selects f2py,
> right?

Yes.


I'm a little curious on one point.  How do you bootstrap all this on a
pristine system?  My understanding is that "scipy" needs "f2py" to build,
while the latter depends on having "scipy-core" installed.  But "scipy" and
"scipy-core" are both in the same CVS tree, aren't they?  Are multiple
tarballs generated from that tree?  What is the set of source tar balls
and in what order do you build them?

-S