On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 10:39:37PM +0000, Helen Faulkner wrote: > Hi, > > I hope this isn't a too dumb question!
*peeking forward*: no, it isn't. > xwrits currently depends on xlibs-dev. Frank suggests that I replace that > with only the needed dependencies. > > So, the only thing I thought to do is > a) look at every header file that is #included in the xwrits code > b) use dlocate or similar to see which packages all those headers are in. > c) make xwrits build-depend on those packages. > > But this will take me quite a long time. I wondered if I am missing > something obvious and there is a better way to do it. Or am I on the right > track after all. Four possibilities come to mind: a) start out in a clean chroot, and use auto-apt to build your package. auto-apt will ask you to install exactly the x build-depends you need. However, auto-apt is a pain to setup in my experience, plus it probably isn't necessarily correct (depending on the complexitiy of the configure script, it could be just detecting stuff without actually needing it, or the other way around, detecting without auto-apt noticing that some lib is not available, while it would enhance xwrits) Advantage is that it will also catch any library that could maybe enhance xwrits b) start out with xlibs-dev installed, make sure you don't run X at the moment (or in that chroot, if you're doing this in a chroot), build your package, and use find to look for file that were accessed during the build (atime changed). You can run this list through apt-file or though all /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list An easier alternative that's nearly the same is using dpkg-depcheck, it's slower in execution time, but easier and possibly more correct (as it catches stats too, although I doubt it would make a difference) c) simply build the package, look at the generated shlibdeps, and deduct the -dev packages needed. Test that if you build your package only with those X lib packages installed, the same shlibs will result (I followed this strategy with one of my packages, and this way missed one library, because I didn't check carefully enough. So I ended up unintentionally disabling a feature in my program... d) Tell Frank to not be so annoying, since the advantage (a bit less build-deps needed during build time, but no differences in the resulting .debs) does not outweight the possible issues you're introducing now or in the future by making a mistake here, nor the excessive amount of time it takes doing this right... ;-) Thanks for maintaining this package btw, it's exactly as annoying as it should be --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
