On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 09:53:45PM +0000, Chris Clearwater wrote: > > I just subscribed to this list yesterday so I dont know what has been > discussed here, but I was wondering if it would be possible to implement > build > dependancies in debian packages along with the normal ones (run) . Build > dependancies > would described what packages would be needed to compile a package and run > would > be just what is needed to execute it. If something like this was done it > would > be easy to edit apt to get the dependancies when installing source packages or > someone could even make a interface exactly like FreeBSD ports.
Read the policy manual, we've just recently implemented Build dependencies. Not all packages use them yet, but we'll get there. Ben -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
