Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro

[Ludovic Courtès]

"Jason Self" <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès asked:
>> But, what does "source code" mean here?  Does it mean the source that's
>> made available using the distro tools, such as 'apt-get source'?
>
> That's my understanding of it.

OK.

Again, I’d like to stress that Guix goes way further than this: any user
can check the whole dependency chain, build scripts, and patches used to
build a package.

They can run build recipes locally, and assert that the binary they
obtain matches the one distributed by hydra.gnu.org–as opposed to having
to trust hydra.gnu.org.

>> What kind of changes are these, typically?  Are these changes to debian/
>> files (such as adding new patches), or are these changes outside of the
>> debian/ directory?
>
> They run the gamut:

[...]

Yes, I understand this, but my question was more about how this occurs
technically.

My understanding is that Debian-based distros provide the unmodified
upstream source, with a debian/patches tree containing patches they
apply.  Do I get it right?

Thanks!

Ludo’.