Cord Beermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >When should i use 'Build-Depends-Indep' instead of 'Build-Depends'? > >should Build-Depends-Indep be used for Dependencies on >*_all.deb-Packages, or for Dependencies which were the same on all >Debian-Architectures?
Build-Depends-Indep should be used for packages which must be installed when running the 'binary' and 'binary-indep' rules in debian/rules, that is, when building your own architecture-independent packages. So if I have packages foo (Architecture: any) and foo-doc (Architecture: all), and the latter requires, say, a DocBook translator, I'd have Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-to-man - packages which only foo requires don't need to be mentioned. >should i set: > >Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 2), libncurses-dev, xlib6g-dev > [!hurd-i386], xviewg-dev [!hurd-i386], groff > >or: > >Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper (>= 2), libncurses-dev, xlib6g-dev, groff >Build-Depends: xlib6g-dev [!hurd-i386], xviewg-dev [!hurd-i386] > >? The former looks more appropriate. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
