On 23/02/2008, Matthew Johnson wrote: > On Sat Feb 23 12:02, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > So, I want to build against the reference lapack and blas, and then, > > if the user chooses, then I want the alternatives system to enable the > > use of atlas. Now, the new dpkg-source reordering installs atlas as > > well during build, which causes the "smart" build systems of these > > packages to detedct and link against it, which is NOT what I want. > > Which is something you should probably do anyway to satisfy the 'builds > the same in a dirty build environment' goal. Although I do agree that > fetching extra build-deps is bad.
Sorry, but this particular case is one where the user might want to deliberately choose this way to achieve the desired goal. So, this _is_ a case where the user may benefit out of the package building differently when in a different environment. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600036 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
