On 2013-12-03 Sergey Suslov <[email protected]> wrote: > 2013/12/2 Andreas Metzler <[email protected]>: >> please change boinctui's build-dependency from libgnutls-dev to >> libgnutls-openssl-dev. The latter is a virtual package provided by >> libgnutls-dev in sid and libgnutls28-dev in experimental. Having the >> reverse dependencies change should allow us to transition to the newer >> version. (See #726828.)
>> I have test-built the package against libgnutls28-dev/experimental. > I tried to apply this patch and can't build package on my ubuntu > 12.04LTS because "libgnutls-openssl-dev" not exist. > I think will be better to use alternative "|" in "Build-Depends" like this: > Build-Depends: autoconf, debhelper (>= 9), autotools-dev, > libncursesw5-dev, libncurses5-dev, libgnutls-openssl-dev | > libgnutls-dev, libexpat1-dev > In that case we keep ability to build package for old distributions. Hello Sergey, Sadly I do not think it is possible to have one set of dependencies that works both for old and future new systems. Backports will need to use a different set of deps. Afaik "libgnutls-openssl-dev | libgnutls-dev" will not work for autobuilders of distributions without libgnutls-openssl-dev package because the build-dep resolver only tries the first alternative. Also it could cause build-problems on non-minimal chroots in the future. If the chroot already has libgnutls-dev installed (a newer version, without openssl-wrapper support) it will not install libgnutls-openssl-dev and the build will fail. cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
