Bug#41232: AMENDMENT 1999-07-23] Build-time dependencies on binary packages
From: Stefan Gybas <cab@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de>
> Yes, as Roman pointed out: lprng provides lpr but some package (I
> don't remember which one it was) needs the real lpr to build, so you
> can't just say Build-Depends: lpr.
Does it run with lprng but only build with the real lpr? If so, its a
bug, that it doesn't compile and should be fixed. If it doesn't run or
compile with lprng, it should depend on the real lpr.
In both cases the source-conflicts will work on the symptoms and not
on the cause.
But my opinion on source-conflicts is, that the same methods used for
dependencies should be extended to source, source-suggests and
source-recommends should be possible too.
source-suggests means, that you can build this package without, but
debian usually has it installed and source-recoments means that you
could build with that package installed, but debian usually builds
without. Or similar meanings.
If source-conflicts, source-recoments, source-suggests are not used at
the moment, doesn't mean that they won't be neccessary soon and
allowing them doesn't hurd.
May the Source be with you.
Goswin
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