On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Joey Hess wrote: > Stephen Langasek wrote: > > I'm taking on the packaging of a library that has a build-time dependency on > > the dev package from another library. Do any of the dpkg-dev or debhelper > > tools check for this line in the control file? I've poked around a bit in > > the source code, but haven't found what I'm looking for; even though the > > line is there in the control file, the first thing to complain about its > > absence is ./configure when it errors out. Is there something I can put in > > debian/rules that will catch this earlier in the build process, or is the > > line currently only useful to the autobuilders?
> I wrote a utility the other day that can check build dependancies for > you. It may or may not be included in a future version of dpkg. > Currently, you can get it at > http://cvs.kitenet.net/joey-cvs/bin/dpkg-checkbuild Great, I'll take a look. Out of curiosity, what criteria determine whether it gets included in dpkg? Clearly, I wouldn't want to have to add another build-time dependency to the package just so I can check for build-time dependencies. :) Regards, Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
