On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 22:54, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 10:50:44PM +0100, Arvind Autar wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm to package something that doesn't have a ./configure .
> > What ways are there to find out the dependencies ?
> >
> > I tried to use " dpkg-depcheck -b debian/rules build ", but that didn't
> > work well.
>
> Build it in a pbuilder, and add everything it is missing.
Why should I do this manually? I there really no lazier way?
> Or alternatively in a clean chroot, is actually faster. look at the
> debootstrap manpage for info on how to build one.
Pbuilder actually uses debootstrap. Packages are installed on top of the
minimum installation using apt-get inside the chroot. (pbuilder login)
Pbuilder isn't used to calculate dependency's but it populates the
chroot with build-dependency.
Arvind
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