On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:24:44PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 06:28:01PM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > > Note the exact words (I am assuming that Glenn copied them verbatim): > > the package in main must be buildable with tools in main > > Exact words are: > > In addition, the packages in _main_ > * must not require a package outside of _main_ for compilation or > execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends", > "Recommends", or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-_main_ > package), > > If you build with different tools, you have a different package. "X
That's true if you define a package as an exact .deb, but not if you define it as a source package (.orig.tar.gz/.diff.gz/.dsc). The latter seems to be a more useful definition in the context of compilation, IMHO. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>