Alternative packaging

[Jago Pearce]

Recently I've been investigating to see if it's possible to seporate 
konqueror from kdebase and compile a static binary ready for systems with 
low disk space - such as http://sourceforge.net/projects/byzgl/ (which 
currently uses mozilla).

I've come across two problems:

- konqueror-embedded only compiles against kde2.2, and a binary doesn't seem 
to be available as far as I can see for i386. I don't fancy compiling 
against 2.2 simply because of the hassle for little reward.

- I'm having trouble trying to prise konqueror from kde3.2. I've managed to 
compile it and I can run it from the src dir but when I do so I get an "Open 
with..." dialog instead of reading a directory or a webpage.

Has anyone on this mailing list come across attempts in the past to seporate 
kde components from a monolithic compile? - konqueror being just one 
example.

The way I'm going about things at the moment is by using Gentoo, looking at 
what it does, going into /var/portage/tmp/kdebase.../ dirs and compiling 
according to what dependancies it asks for. Unfortunately this approach ends 
up using kdelibs that have already been installed while I would really like 
to compile a static binary.

I'm sure this has been done before for embedded but probably for ARM. 
Perhaps whoever did this documented thier method?

Thanks for any help you can give.

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