Re: Build-failures
On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 04:16:46PM +0200, Martin Wuertele wrote:
> * Stephen Gran <steve@lobefin.net> [2002-10-20 16:00]:
> > This is on alpha and ia64. I vaguely remember seeing some problem with
> > using libc6 as a Build-Depend (something like libc6 | libc ?) - I just
> > can't remember, and as I have no access to one of these boxes, I would
> > appreciate a smack with a cluebat, please.
>
> There's whole thread on debian-devel on that topic. Solution:
> Depends: libc6 | libc
No use, as libc6-a-likes don't provide libc. Just drop the dependency.
If you really need a specific version then you'd probably be best off
using a substvar and special-casing for each architecture, but avoid
that if you can as it involves a lot of maintenance.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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