Re: apt-get source not checking build-depends?

["John H. Robinson, IV" <jhriv@ucsd.edu>]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 12:02:58AM -0500, Harry Henry Gebel wrote:
> I used the command
> 
> fakeroot apt-get -b source debian-policy

% apt-get --version
apt 0.5.3 for linux i386 compiled on Mar  7 2001 19:25:55

% sudo apt-get -b build-dep debian-policy
..snip..
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  docbook-xml jade latex2html links pnmtopng pstoedit tidy 


i of course said no, since i did not really want to build it.

-john

% sudo apt-get -y build-dep wmbubble && fakeroot apt-get -b source wmbubble
..snip..
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libgtk1.2-dev 
..snip..
% ls *.deb
wmbubble_1.3-1_i386.deb