Re: Bug#88664: apt; apt-get build-dep chokes on package not in Packages

[Daniel Schepler <schepler@math.berkeley.edu>]

Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> writes:

> On 5 Mar 2001, Daniel Schepler wrote:
> 
> > (This is in a chroot environment, with a custom Packages file which
> > doesn't have any mention of libqt2.2-dev whatsoever.  But the Sources
> > file is just the one from unstable.)
> 
> What exactly is the problem supposed to be here?
> 
> Jason

It's a Build-Conflicts it's having problems with -- it would be more
sensible just to skip such a Build-Conflicts if the library doesn't
even know the package exists.
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