On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 02:07 +0100, Enrico Scholz wrote: > rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx (Ralf Corsepius) writes: > > >> > This renders "apt-get source" and "apt-get build-dep" non-applicable > >> > to fedora.us hosted apt-repositories and therefore voids at least > >> > these aspects where apt is superior to yum. > >> > >> Although I love apt for its powerful configuration, I have to admit that > >> 'apt-get build-dep' is not very usefully in the rpm-world: > >> > >> * it detects only the requirements which were used to build the src.rpm, > >> but not the deps which will be required > > True, but ??? > > Ok, an example: [conditionals in RPM specs] Well, IMO, any rpm which is part of a distribution should be rebuildable by any arbitrary user/semi-newbie using rpmbuild --rebuild ... without having to provide any specific flags. I.e. I consider rpm specs to be broken, which require special conditionals to match those setting having been used by the distributor. Ralf
