On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 04:20:06PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > You wrote: > > > Build-Depends: libcurl2-dev | curl | wget > > might serve as a workaround? > > I guees he would need something like > > (Build-Depends: libcurl2-dev) | (Depends: curl | wget) > > which isn't possible.
It is possible (check if required parts of libcurl2-dev are installed, and if not, add the dependencies with a substvar), but as has already been pointed out, build-dependencies are there to ensure a consistent build, so this is not a good idea. -- - mdz
