Re: build dependency alternatives sequencing

2001-09-12 Thread Filip Van Raemdonck
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 09:07:20PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Filip Van Raemdonck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > > > > There are a couple of other oddball cases, like > > > > > > svgalibg1-dev | svgalib-dummyg1 > > > > > > where svgalib isn't relevant for all architecture

Re: build dependency alternatives sequencing

2001-09-11 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Filip Van Raemdonck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > > There are a couple of other oddball cases, like > > > > svgalibg1-dev | svgalib-dummyg1 > > > > where svgalib isn't relevant for all architectures. > > This is exactly one of the situations where the problem I described a

Re: build dependency alternatives sequencing

2001-09-11 Thread Filip Van Raemdonck
Hello, On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 11:16:50AM -0600, Bdale Garbee wrote: > > However, the sbuild tool that > most Debian autobuilders are using will only try the first alternative without > manual intervention. The tool probably can and should be augmented to handle > the full Build-Depends syntax,

Re: build dependency alternatives sequencing

2001-09-10 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 01:44:37PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > > It is possible in the Build-Depends specification of a package to give > > alternatives using syntax like: > > libltdl0-dev | libltdl3-dev > I am starting to believe tha

Re: build dependency alternatives sequencing

2001-09-09 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > It is possible in the Build-Depends specification of a package to give > alternatives using syntax like: > > libltdl0-dev | libltdl3-dev I am starting to believe that an "|" in builld depends is evil. When something is really required

build dependency alternatives sequencing

2001-09-09 Thread Bdale Garbee
Fellow Debian folk. Those of us who run autobuilders have started seeing more cases of a new class of problem showing up in our buildd email that we'd like your help resolving. It is possible in the Build-Depends specification of a package to give alternatives using syntax like: libltdl