Re: Nicer way to manage installed build dependencies?

[Claudius Hubig <debian_1303@chubig.net>]

Dear Florian,

Florian Ernst wrote:
> There is mk-build-deps in the package devscripts, and there once was
> sourcedeps.debian.net (now dysfunctional) which allowed to have a
> sources.list for Build-Depends-metapackages created using mk-build-deps.
> I don't know when and why the latter service was discontinued, so that
> doesn't help much for now, though ...

Ah, mk-build-deps is actually exactly what I wanted.

$ mk-build-deps -A pidgin

creates a small package depending on the Build-Depends of pidgin.
This also works without sourcedeps.debian.net, so it is still fully
functional.

Thank you very much! 

Best,

Claudius
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