On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > for one of my package, libgap-sage [1], the source material used for build > is in fact seded meterial from an other package, gap: grossely the sed process > is the main part of libgap package: is there a standard way to use the Debian > source package of gap inside my own package libgap-sage ? > Any hint or example is welcome.
At this time there is no way for source packages to build-depend on other source packages. The most often used workaround for this is binary packages with -source at the end of their names: $ aptitude search -- -source$ If you can provide some details about your situation, we can probably find a better solution. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
