On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 10:00:25AM +0200, Ondrej Sury wrote: > On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 14:54 -0400, Eric Cooper wrote: > > Is there a way to tell deborphan to follow the build-dependencies > > of a set of source packages? I know about deborphan's keep file, > > but that's too tedious to keep up-to-date by hand. > > Is there another tool I should be using? > > Yes, don't clutter your system, because it will end in sorrow :-). > Your system will have mix of your local packages and at the end of the > day you will build package which will be: > > a) unbuildable > b) uninstallable > > Right solution is to use pbuilder, which will: > > a) always ensure that package can be built using unstable > b) keep your build environment clean > c) keep your local system clean d) take much longer to build your package; the exact factor depends on the size of the package, but a factor 3 isn't too uncommon for smaller packages, which isn't very interesting in cases where you need to do a lot of work on a given package.
pbuilder is a wonderful answer to the question of "did I get my build-dependencies right?", but it's not a magical wand to solve every problem, and certainly not to solve the problem of "how do I keep the number of -dev packages on my system under control?". -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
