On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 08:09:44PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > I am currently working on a package that can optionally support scilab. > For the time being I'm not build-depending on scilab, and not building > against it either, as scilab is in non-free. Can I be sure that the > buildd's won't build with scilab? If scilab is installed, the configure > script will use it. So I should probably look into some --disable-scilab > type configure parameter? > > Furthermore, how is something like this usually handled, "if the user > wants scilab support, he can rebuild the package himself" ? >
You could add a Build-Conflicts line in your control file. See policy 7.5 for more info. Build-Conflicts: scilab -- Duncan Findlay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
