Eddy Petrișor wrote: > 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?
I'd love it. Yes, this would be just fine. Since dpkg-getbdeps would need root privileges for its execution, and svn-buildpackage not requireing such, my original suggestion seems rather mood now. Many thanks Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
