On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:13:08 +0800, Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> wrote: >On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:05:47 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: >>>The tool you are looking for is "mk-build-deps" from the package >>>"devscripts". >> >> So one uses mk-build-deps to create a .deb containing the build >> dependencies as binary dependencites, put that .deb into an local >> aptable archive, run apt-get update and apt-get install $PACKAGE. >> >> Am I the only one who thinks this is terribly backwards as compared to >> hand-editing dpkg-checkbuildep's output to an apt-get install command >> line? > >Both of these solutions are suboptimal, apt should know about source >packages and build-deps. It should also be able to install source >packages and or their dependencies and keep them installed. As a >bonus, we could get rid of those -source packages.
And because we want to do a really really good solution, a ten year old wishlist bug which has a patch in the BTS for three years remains unsolved? A true wise decision which proves that we always care about our users. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1usruu-0004j3...@swivel.zugschlus.de
