Re: build dependencies
Peter S Galbraith wrote:
>
> bug1 wrote:
>
> > It would be cool if packages had better support for build dependencies
> > so its easier/more reliable to build from source.
>
> Something like this?
>
> Source: gri
> Section: math
> Priority: optional
> Maintainer: Peter S Galbraith <psg@debian.org>
> Build-Depends: debhelper, netcdfg-dev, tetex-bin, texinfo
> Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper, tetex-bin, texinfo, imagemagick, info, gs, gsfon
> ts
> Standards-Version: 3.1.1
>
> > There would probably have to be a set of source base packages defined
> > somewhere that are required as a base for building, but not a base for
> > regular usage as base is currently defined.
>
> Something like this?
>
> http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/devel/build-essential.html
>
> > Better support for building from source could be very handy as the
> > number of architectures increases.
> > Maybe we could even have support in the installer to build from source,
>
> Something like this?
>
> # apt-get source --compile gri
>
> Or have I missed something?
>
No, looks like i had, thanks for pointing out.
Glenn
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