Shidel commented on issue #1 at FreeDOS Archive / Development / dj_gcc

Shidel
2022-09-04T10:10:02Z

(I'm not saying no...)

But, I don't understand the need for a special dj_gcsrc package. Generally, the practice has been to keep a programs sources in the same package as the binaries. Usually, those sources are kept under a special SOURCES/packagename directory. Then based on installation options, the sources can be installed at the same time as the binaries. For example, see the bcc package.

However in rare cases, like for IA-16 packages, the sources for all the different packages are not included with their binaries. Those are wrapped up into a single IA16src package for everything. Generally, I don't thing this method is very efficient. But, it is how the developer chooses to make the sources available and it would be to time consuming to distribute those sources among the individual packages.

Could you explain why this separate package is needed?