Consider this: pooh% apt-cache show build-essential dpkg-dev Package: build-essential Priority: optional Section: devel Installed-Size: 48 Maintainer: Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 4 Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc, g++, make, dpkg-dev (>= 1.4.1.19) Filename: dists/woody/main/binary-i386/devel/build-essential_4.deb
[...] Package: dpkg-dev Priority: standard Section: utils Installed-Size: 364 Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Source: dpkg Version: 1.8.3.1 Replaces: dpkgname, dpkg (<< 1.4.1.8), dpkg-doc-ja Depends: perl5, cpio (>= 2.4.2-2), patch (>= 2.2-1), make, binutils Recommends: c-compiler Suggests: gnupg, debian-keyring Conflicts: dpkgname Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg-dev_1.8.3.1_all.deb [...] This makes it rather difficult to build a chroot testing environment that makes senes :/ Is the dependency in build-essentials wrong or did this package just get through by accident? -- Stephen "Farcical aquatic ceremonies are no basis for a system of government!"
