Dionysis Kalofonos wrote: > Hello Raphael, > > thank you for replying. > > Raphael Geissert wrote: >> That's what Build-Depends are for: there you specify the name of the >> packages required to build the package; and of course you can use ORed >> dependencies, e.g. Build-Depends: foo | bar > > i can understand that Build-Depends are considered when a package is > built from source using dpkg. > > However, if you get the source and do > > configure && make > > i don't see how Build-Depends could be considered. > > My idea is to add a little something in the configure script so as to > make a few suggestions when files that we check for are missing. Is this > silly/pointless?
IMHO yes; there are README's and INSTALL's, but... > Cheers, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer www.debian.org - get.debian.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
