Hello, thanks for the quick reply. On 01/11/16 05:19, Paul Wise wrote: > On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > >> for one of my package, libgap-sage [1], the source material used for build >> is in fact seded meterial from an other package, gap: grossely the sed >> process >> is the main part of libgap package: is there a standard way to use the Debian >> source package of gap inside my own package libgap-sage ? >> Any hint or example is welcome. > > At this time there is no way for source packages to build-depend on > other source packages. > > The most often used workaround for this is binary packages with > -source at the end of their names: > > $ aptitude search -- -source$
Is there any guidance for such source packages ? Which ones of them I may consider a good example. > > If you can provide some details about your situation, we can probably > find a better solution. > I guess it is the best way to proceed. Thanks, Jerome
