On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 16:23, Frank Küster wrote: > > dh_shlibdeps nicely sorts out the libraries that a binary package > depends on. Quite nicely, since I get "xlibmesa3 | libgl1", but there > seems to be no package named libgl1.
apt-cache showpkg libgl1, see the Reverse Provides . > And how do I figure out the correct Build-dependencies:-line? Are there > any tools? > > Of course if I use some utilities not in build-essential, I have to know > that myself and put them there. But what about libraries? Can I just > assume that for every library in the Dependencies of my binary package, > I need the respective libfoo-dev in Build-Dependencies? > > And if yes, what about "xlibmesa3 | libgl1", if libgl1 and libgl1-dev > existed? Can I always assume that if the libraries can replace each > other, then the dev-Packages can, too? apt-cache showpkg libgl-dev :) Build-Depend on something like xlibmesa-gl-dev | libgl-dev . BTW, xlibmesa3 is old; if you aren't running sid, you should use something like pbuilder with a sid chroot to build packages for upload. That will also help verify that the build dependencies are correct. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
