Cluedump - October 18, 2011

Outline:

• What is Debian/Ubuntu??
• An overview of the technology behind Debathena, including things like:
  • chroots
  • the update system
  • hesiod/NSS/PAM
• Anatomy of a Debian package (kaduk)
• metapackages and their organization/hierarchy
• what c-p-d does (diversions and symlinks) (geofft)
• svn tree and locker organization

• Package example: get debathena-gconfd-2-wrapper