Bug#753657: mk-build-deps: -i broken

[Jan Braun]

James McCoy schrob:
> #633143 suggested supporting <package>/<suite> syntax similar to apt.
> That along with <package>=<version> should alleviate these issues.
> There's not much room for improving the behavior without such
> qualifiers, but those will at least provide a better means for
> controlling what happens when relying on showsrc.

Yes, those could be nice, particularly for discoverability/consistency
with other apt-related tools. But I think specifying the control file is
often an even better solution. (It doesn't help if you want to start a
slow download of source _and_ dependencies and then go afk, however.)

> > I think you do have the version already extracted, can't you predict the
> > full filename?
> 
> Yes, I have done something along those lines in my local copy.

Great, thanks!

regards,
    Jan
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