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circular (source) dependencies!?



I'm trying to build autoconf/automake on my semi woody...

But that isn't going to well (to say the least). I really
hate these two programs. It's always a mess to build them
if you don't follow the latest and greatest (probably no
faults to the maintainers though!)...

Any idea how to get around this (easily)? Can this be fixed
in the packages?

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Aurora/WOODY# debuild -uc -us -sa
dpkg-buildpackage: source package is automake1.8
dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 1.8.5-3
dpkg-buildpackage: source maintainer is Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org>
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture is sparc
dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: autoconf (>= 2.59), debhelper (>\
= 4.1.0), texinfo (>= 4.2)
dpkg-buildpackage: Build dependencies/conflicts unsatisfied; aborting.
dpkg-buildpackage: (Use -d flag to override.)
debuild: fatal error at line 456:
dpkg-buildpackage failed!


Aurora/WOODY# debuild -uc -us -sa
dpkg-buildpackage: source package is autoconf
dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 2.59a-7
dpkg-buildpackage: source maintainer is Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@debian.org>
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture is sparc
dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: texinfo (>= 4.6), automake1.9
dpkg-buildpackage: Build dependencies/conflicts unsatisfied; aborting.
dpkg-buildpackage: (Use -d flag to override.)
debuild: fatal error at line 456:
dpkg-buildpackage failed!


Aurora/WOODY# debuild -uc -us -sa
dpkg-buildpackage: source package is automake1.9
dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 1.9.6-1
dpkg-buildpackage: source maintainer is Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org>
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture is sparc
dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: autoconf (>= 2.59), debhelper (>\
= 4.1.0), texinfo (>= 4.2)
dpkg-buildpackage: Build dependencies/conflicts unsatisfied; aborting.
dpkg-buildpackage: (Use -d flag to override.)
debuild: fatal error at line 456:
dpkg-buildpackage failed!
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