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Re: packaging-dev meta package



Am Donnerstag, den 26.05.2011, 17:25 -0300 schrieb Fernando Lemos:
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > A few days ago, we had a discussion in Ubuntu about a packaging-dev meta
> > package. The problem is that users have to install a bunch of packages
> > if they want to dive into packaging. Even some packagers get annoyed
> > when they need to turn a newly installed system into a packaging
> > environment. The solution would be a meta package that depends on the
> > commonly used packages for packaging.
> 
> Isn't apt-get build-dep enough? Users can always use equivs for
> something more specific.

apt-get build-dep gets the build dependency for a specific package, but
it wont give you devscripts for example.

-- 
Benjamin Drung
Debian & Ubuntu Developer

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