Package: apt Version: 1.1.10 Severity: wishlist Hi,
in Debian, buildds (and also sbuild) mangle build dependencies when creating a dummy package for apt. In particular, sbuild removes all build dependency alternatives except for the first. The only exception to this rule is, when subsequent alternatives have the same name as the first alternative. In this case, those are also added to the OR. Here is the relevant code in sbuild: http://sources.debian.net/src/sbuild/0.68.0-1/lib/Sbuild/ResolverBase.pm/#L888 This means: foo | bar -> foo foo | blub | foo -> foo | foo In practice, this is done such that constructs like: foo (>> 1) | foo (<< 2) are not reduced to foo (>> 1) But as you can see, the relevant code in sbuild never checks if the respective dependencies are versioned or not. Thanks! cheers, josch
