Re: build-depends loop debhelper and debconf
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 12:27:29PM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> I tried compiling debconf-utils 1.2.26, but it build depends on
> debhelper (>= 4.1.27), but debhelper 4.1.31 cannot be installed
> because debconf-utils hasn't been built yet.
What I had to do what relax the dependencies a bit (dunno which one I
actually changed), build one of the tools, installed it, built the
other, installed it, rebuilt the first one. I think I started by
building debhelper.
> I am going to keep fidling, it appears this compiling debconf for
> woody may be harder then I first anticipated (eg. it build-depends on
> po-debconf which depends of gettext in unstable).
gettext didn't gave me major trouble, IIRC.
--
Marcelo
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