On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 10:16:11PM -0400, Neil Roeth wrote: > On Apr 30, Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Neil Roeth wrote: > > > On Apr 28, Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > > Many have chroots but don't tend to have the relevant build-deps > > > > > installed. > > > > You can always send a mail into the direction of > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask for the packages which are missing. > > > > You don't have to, but it's a common way to get things installed. > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > What's the alternative? > > > > Ask the wall in front of you. > > > > That was hidden sarcasm... > > > > Regards, > > > > Joey > > Thanks for taking the time to respond. Now, maybe someone else can give me a > useful answer. Let me rephrase the question: > > AFAIK, I cannot install packages on a d.o machine to satisfy build > dependencies, because I don't have root permission. pbuilder with appropriate > sudo permissions for all DDs would suffice, but it is usually not installed. > So, is there any alternative for installing packages to satisfy build-deps > other than sending email to debian-admin? > > If I'm being dense and the answer is obvious, I'm comfortable being told I'm > dense, as long I'm also told the obvious answer. If the answer is "no", I'd > also like to hear someone just say so.
No. Just mail debian-admin. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
