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
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein



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