Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > bug1 wrote: > > > It would be cool if packages had better support for build dependencies > > so its easier/more reliable to build from source. > > Something like this? > > Source: gri > Section: math > Priority: optional > Maintainer: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Build-Depends: debhelper, netcdfg-dev, tetex-bin, texinfo > Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper, tetex-bin, texinfo, imagemagick, info, gs, > gsfon > ts > Standards-Version: 3.1.1 > > > There would probably have to be a set of source base packages defined > > somewhere that are required as a base for building, but not a base for > > regular usage as base is currently defined. > > Something like this? > > http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/devel/build-essential.html > > > Better support for building from source could be very handy as the > > number of architectures increases. > > Maybe we could even have support in the installer to build from source, > > Something like this? > > # apt-get source --compile gri > > Or have I missed something? >
No, looks like i had, thanks for pointing out. Glenn
