[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Package modifying its own control at build?



On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 03:29:26PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 09:30:18AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> > > For example, libstdc++2.10-dev depends on libc6-dev (>= 2.1.95).
> > > The Hurd libc0.2-dev provides libc6-dev, but that is not enough to fulfill
> > > the dependency. The control file will have to be modified for the Hurd.
> > 
> > That's what the options to dpkg-gencontrol are for. Check the glibc
> > build, and how it does it.
> 
> Oh right, that's nice. I always forget about that. It would be nice if we
> had a better way to deal with missing fields (so there is no risk of
> dangling commata).

Yeah, I've run into that problem before as well.

-- 
 -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------
/  Ben Collins  --  ...on that fantastic voyage...  --  Debian GNU/Linux   \
`  bcollins@debian.org  --  bcollins@openldap.org  --  bcollins@linux.com  '
 `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'



Reply to: