Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

[Ganesan R <rganesan@myrealbox.com>]

>>>>> "okamototk" == okamototk  <okamototk@nttdata.co.jp> writes:

> Hi KEN,
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kenneth Pronovici [mailto:pronovic@skyjammer.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:10 AM
>> To: Ola Lundqvist; debian-java@lists.debian.org;
>> debian-mentors@lists.debian.org
>> Subject: Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?
>> Ok.  I will change it to:
>> 
>> Depends: kaffe | java-virtual-machine, java-common
>> 
>> Is this correct?

> $ apt-cache show kaffe
> ..snip..
> Provides: java-virtual-machine, java-runtime, java1-runtime

> So, kaffe provides java-virtual-machine. You don't need to write dependency
> for kaffe. 

>From the policy document:

     If you want to specify which of a set of real packages should be the
     default to satisfy a particular dependency on a virtual package, you
     should list the real package as an alternative before the virtual one.

If kaffe works for Kenneth, I guess his Depends line is fine. By the way,
isn't the question about Build-Depends (not Depends)?

Ganesan

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Ganesan R