Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Then I had the idea that I could just as well convert Sources files to > create pseudo packages for sources that depend on all the > Build-Depends. So I create a dummy deb without contents and converted > the Sources file to have src-foobar as package name for foobar, the > Build-Depends as Depends and the empty dummy deb as Filename > entry. After that I could just do > > apt-get install src-foobar > > and it pulls in all the Build-Depends for foobar. The best thing is > that, if the Build-Depends of a package change, the next apt-get > update/dist-upgrade will pull in the new Build-Depends since the > Sources file gets converted on each fresh donwload and the src-foobar > package then gets updated.
I think a more elegant solution would be if aptitude had a command to install build-depends. It could attach a new flag to a package that causes aptitude to treat build-depends just like depends of that package. This way aptitude would mark build-depends as automatically installed and remove them if they are not needed anymore. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
