Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I used: >apt-get -b source doc-debian >to get the newest package (with sources.list pointing deb-src to woody) >Build failed because there is no debiandoc2html. >I don't know if this is a bug, because the "binary" of doc-debian >should not depend on debiandoc2html. Is there something like >a build-depend?
Yes; look in debian/control in the source tree. doc-debian's is: Build-Depends: debiandoc-sgml, tetex-bin, tetex-extra You're probably missing debiandoc-sgml. >What I am missing of apt-get is a "install-unstable" function so that >I can install some packages from unstable while using stable. >Then I could do something like "apt-get install-unstable doc-debian" >and I don't have to use ftp myself. I'm told that apt 0.4.0, currently in CVS, will have this feature: you'll be able to do things like 'apt-get install doc-debian:unstable'. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]