2008/11/28 Steffen Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hallo Hauke, > > Jan Hauke Rahm wrote: > >> Am Mi, 26.11.2008, 15:11, schrieb Steffen Moeller: >>> Hello, after some reading, there seems no link from svn-buildpackage >>> to anything with the functionality of an apt-get build-dep. Particularly >>> for those of us who are maintaining a larger software suite that comes >>> with a series of source packages, such an option or separate tool >>> would help with scripting a lot. >> >> I don't think I understand what you want. Why don't you just use apt-get >> build-dep if that's the option you're missing? > > To my knowledge apt-get takes its information only from the entries that > come from some deb-src entry in /etc/apt/sources.list. I am using > svn-buildpackage for packages that are still searching their way into > the distribution.
>> Or do you want >> svn-buildpackage to resolve missing build dependencies and auto-install >> them before starting the build process? > > Exactly. I am unsure this is the best course of action, but would providing a command dpkg-getbdeps which tries to install missing build-deps taking into account the contents of debian/control, not the apt-cache, be enough? -- Regards, EddyP ============================================= "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

