Re: Build-Depends on source itself

[Jerome BENOIT <sphericaltriangle@rezozer.net>]

Hello, thanks for the quick reply.

On 01/11/16 05:19, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> 
>> for one of my package, libgap-sage [1], the source material used for build
>> is in fact seded meterial from an other package, gap: grossely the sed process
>> is the main part of libgap package: is there a standard way to use the Debian
>> source package of gap inside my own package libgap-sage ?
>> Any hint or example is welcome.
> 
> At this time there is no way for source packages to build-depend on
> other source packages.
> 
> The most often used workaround for this is binary packages with
> -source at the end of their names:
> 
> $ aptitude search -- -source$

Is there any guidance for such source packages ? Which ones of them I may consider
a good example.


> 
> If you can provide some details about your situation, we can probably
> find a better solution.
> 

I guess it is the best way to proceed.

Thanks,
Jerome