Re: Build-Recommends?
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 04:20:06PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote:
> You wrote:
>
> > Build-Depends: libcurl2-dev | curl | wget
> > might serve as a workaround?
>
> I guees he would need something like
>
> (Build-Depends: libcurl2-dev) | (Depends: curl | wget)
>
> which isn't possible.
It is possible (check if required parts of libcurl2-dev are installed, and
if not, add the dependencies with a substvar), but as has already been
pointed out, build-dependencies are there to ensure a consistent build, so
this is not a good idea.
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- mdz
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