Public bug reported:
Currently in the manpage of apt-get(8) the arguments of the `build-dep`
subcommand is described as:
> The arguments are interpreted as binary or source package names. See
the --only-source option if you want to change that.
It failed to address the case where a directory path is specified as the
argument it will install the packages enumerated in _directory
path_/debian/control's Build-Depends field.
As far as I can tell it isn't fixed in upstream Debian as well.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: apt 3.2.0
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-1003.4-gke 7.0.12
Uname: Linux 7.0.0-1003-gke x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.34.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Wed Jul 29 16:32:43 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-07-07 (22 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" - Release amd64 (20260423.1)
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug resolute wayland-session
** Summary changed:
- apt-get(8) manpage doesn't address the usage of directory-path as argument of
the `build-deps` subcommand
+ apt-get(8) manpage doesn't address the usage of directory-path as argument of
the `build-dep` subcommand
** Description changed:
- Currently in the manpage of apt-get(8) the arguments of the `build-deps`
+ Currently in the manpage of apt-get(8) the arguments of the `build-dep`
subcommand is described as:
> The arguments are interpreted as binary or source package names. See
the --only-source option if you want to change that.
It failed to address the case where a directory path is specified as the
argument it will install the packages enumerated in _directory
path_/debian/control's Build-Depends field.
As far as I can tell it isn't fixed in upstream Debian as well.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: apt 3.2.0
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-1003.4-gke 7.0.12
Uname: Linux 7.0.0-1003-gke x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.34.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Wed Jul 29 16:32:43 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-07-07 (22 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" - Release amd64
(20260423.1)
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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apt-get(8) manpage doesn't address the usage of directory-path as
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