Bug#528698: pbuilder: Name dummy package according to source package

Mehdi Dogguy mehdi.dogguy at pps.jussieu.fr
Fri May 15 07:58:26 UTC 2009


Loïc Minier a écrit :
> On Thu, May 14, 2009, Mehdi Dogguy wrote:
>> I thought it would be nice if pbuilder-satisfydepends-aptitude gives a
>> relevant name to the dummy package.
> 
>  Ok; I guess it's useful for people using these outside of pbuilder.
> 
>  Are you aware of mk-build-deps in devscripts?
> 

Indeed. I wasn't aware of this tool. I've always used
pbuilder-satisfydepends and was completely satisfied so far.

>  Perhaps it's better to advertize the use of mk-build-deps and keep our
>  own implementation (which needs to avoid extra deps) minimal?
> 

What are the extra dependencies? I use only “sed” which is already used
in pbuilder (“head” can be avoided).

Cheers,

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