Re: recursive build-depends or similar

2002-12-10 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:18:37PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > Build-depend on the library that your package uses directly. Do not > attempt to second-guess the library package's maintainer about the > dependencies of that library; they are specified by the package. In this > case, you should

Re: recursive build-depends or similar

2002-12-10 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 05:13:40PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > Note that buildds don't understand |, Sure they do. At least partially. If an autobuilder finds a package with alternative build-dependencies, it will either * Leave everything the way it is, if any of the mentioned packages is ins

Re: recursive build-depends or similar

2002-12-10 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 05:54:12PM +0100, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists wrote: > OTOH - couldn't the build system figure that out for itself - that is > check libc-client2002(-dev) and find out that it depends on libkrb5-dev > and make sure it's installed before building the package? Build-depen

Re: recursive build-depends or similar

2002-12-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 05:54:12PM +0100, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists wrote: > Mailsync depends on libc-client which can be compiled one way or another > including or excluding ssl, kerberos etc. > > It happens that libc-client in woody did not include kerberos but > libc-client in sid does. >

recursive build-depends or similar

2002-12-10 Thread Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists
Mailsync depends on libc-client which can be compiled one way or another including or excluding ssl, kerberos etc. It happens that libc-client in woody did not include kerberos but libc-client in sid does. Is there a way to specify this in the build dependecies? Right know I have to decide if I w