On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 03:21:54PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > [People from debian-ocaml-mail, please keep -mentors CC'ed.] > > * John Skaller [Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:27:21 +1000]: > > I could use a 'build-recommends' dependency, > > but I understand 'recommends' > > is only available for the binary package, not the source. > > Is this correct? > > > The situation: the packaging machine requires 'ocaml' > > to make binaries from my source package, but if > > 'ocaml-native-compilers' is also installed it will > > do so faster, however that package is not available > > on all architectures. > > > This isn't an essential feature, but here is a case, > > possibly isolated, where it could be useful. > > Normally, one resolves this and similar situations like this: > > Build-Depends: ocaml-native-compilers [!m68k !mips !mipsel !s390], > ocaml [m68k mips mipsel s390]
Notice that this kind of things is mentioned in the ocaml-packaging-policy, did you read it ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
