On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 02:44:59 +0100 Johannes Schauer wrote: > theoretically, one should be able to set the apt configuration value > APT::Build-Essential to something other than build-essential or the empty list. > Unfortunately, due to a bug in apt this is currently not possible DonKult is > working on it, though. Once this is fixed, we can used the "apt-get build-dep" > approach without installing build-essential. ... > But I think the best short term solution would be to have the > APT::Build-Essential variable fixed and then use "apt-get build-dep". FTR, this is fixed in apt 1.4~beta3 and stretch, shortened changelog: apt (1.4~beta3) unstable; urgency=medium [ David Kalnischkies ] * allow default build-essentials to be overridden -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jan 2017 20:50:01 +0100 -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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