Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am interested in getting build-dependencies for a source package on
> a system using aptitude. In the past I've used apt-get build-dep, but
> that was on systems managed with apt-get. I think aptitude won't know
> about apt-get's selections, and may toss the packages at the first
> chance (or perhaps get confused in some other way).
>
> Is this analysis correct?
Not completely. When you install a package with apt-get (or dselect
or dpkg -i) the package will not be marked automatic in aptitude.
Thus aptitude will never automatically remove it.
So the real problem is to find and get rid of the build-depends when
you don't need them anymore.
I think it would be great if aptitude would learn about source
packages. One could introduce a new flag ("S" maybe) that would cause
all build-depends to be installed automatically. But of course this
would slow down aptitude update even more since it would have to
process the Sources files.
Matthias
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