On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Marc Haber wrote: > On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:05:47 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: >>The tool you are looking for is "mk-build-deps" from the package "devscripts". > > So one uses mk-build-deps to create a .deb containing the build > dependencies as binary dependencites, put that .deb into an local > aptable archive, run apt-get update and apt-get install $PACKAGE. > > Am I the only one who thinks this is terribly backwards as compared to > hand-editing dpkg-checkbuildep's output to an apt-get install command > line?
Both of these solutions are suboptimal, apt should know about source packages and build-deps. It should also be able to install source packages and or their dependencies and keep them installed. As a bonus, we could get rid of those -source packages. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKTje6GPF+_7=lh_rmzh-blw4g-3u767x4--cfdetazq-vt...@mail.gmail.com
