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Hummmm, what if the instructions says to get a binary that is been deprecated 5 years ago? What if it use a patched version of a weird library? Software prese
by siscia 6y ago
Hummmm, what if the instructions says to get a binary that is been deprecated 5 years ago?
What if it use a patched version of a weird library?
Software preservation is an huge topic and it is not done based on instructions.
- 838hhh 6y agoInclude the patch in the build instructions
- Legogris 6y agoThere will always be these cases. The issue is that in many fields it is the norm rather than an exception.
- haroldp 6y agoThe FreeBSD Ports tree specifies package building via reproducible instructions, and handles things like running extra patches for compatibility and security on source distributions. FreeBSD binary packages are simply packaged ports.