On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 14:57:39 +0200 Marc Haber <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: dpkg-dev > Version: 1.10.15 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > dpkg-checkbuilddeps currently prints the Build Depends > comma-separated, with version information. I would like to be able to > apt-get install build-dependencies for packages that are themselves > not available via apt, hence apt-get build-dep being unuseable in this > environment. > > An option to dpkg-checkbuilddepends causing the program to simply > output the names of the missing packages, space separated, without > versioning infos, would do the job well. > > Please consider adding that option to a future version of > dpkg-checkbuilddeps. > > Greetings > Marc > > [...]
Hi, I am poking at this old bug because I suspect it might be obsolete / have lost its relevance. Today, you can use apt-get build-dep on a directory and it will lookup the build-depedencies from the debian/control file. AFAICT, this resolves your (Marc's) need. My recommendation is to close this bug as "Resolved by improvements in apt". Thanks, ~Niels
