Re: Source dependencies: are we ready?

[Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org>]

At 06:31 -0400 1999-10-26, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 09:52:09AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > Sorry, I was doing things from memory.  The proposal says:
> > +      <p>
> > +        This is done using the <tt>Build-Depends</tt>,
> > +        <tt>Build-Depends-Indep</tt>, <tt>Build-Conflicts</tt>, and
> > +        <tt>Build-Conflicts-Indep</tt> control file fields.
> > +      </p>
>
> Ok, this is what I have as recognized fields in the current dpkg CVS. The
> wording in that new proposal for bug #41232 through me for a loop. Anyway,
> all that is left to be done for dpkg is have dpkg-buildpackage (and
> possibly dpkg-source?) do something when the build depends aren't
> satisfied.

There's also the extended syntax for the fields, it is possible to 
specify architecture.
e.g. for glibc: Build-Depends: kernel-headers-2.2.12 [!hurd-i386 
!m68k], kernel-headers-2.2.10 [m68k], hurd-dev [hurd-i386], 
gnumach-dev [hurd-i386], mig [hurd-i386]

It'd be cool to have dpkg proper support this syntax too.
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