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Re: apt-build and xfree86



On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 08:22:13PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote:
> You are correct, but apt-get build-dep doesn't know this.  I have since
> been educated as to the source of this problem.  It is in fact a bug in
> apt-get build-dep that doesn't handle OR's very well.  Bugs  98640
> 126938 131265 and 145997 are manifestations of this bug.  Not even going
> in and satisfying the build-deps by hand lets apt-build build the
> package.  Sorry for the static.

Well, it didn't help that I wasn't depending on a real package to help
apt out.

xfree86 4.2.1-4 will B-D on "kernel-headers-2.4.19-386 |
kernel-headers-2.4 | hurd | freebsd | netbsd | openbsd".  This will of
course only help Linux/i386 people, but it's better than nothing.

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