#933055 aptitude: Unable to satisfy the build-depends: Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)

Package:
aptitude
Source:
aptitude
Description:
terminal-based package manager
Submitter:
Jochen Sprickerhof
Date:
2024-01-20 12:54:10 UTC
Severity:
important
Tags:
#933055#5
Date:
2019-07-26 06:43:03 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

debhelper 12 supports debhelper-compat as a Build-Depends in
debian/control, instead of a debian/compat. Can you add support for this
in aptitude build-dep?

# aptitude build-dep gpsbabel
Unable to satisfy the build-depends: Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)
Unable to apply some actions, aborting

Whereas apt build-dep gpsbabel can handle this.

Thanks

Jochen
#933055#10
Date:
2019-07-27 15:43:42 UTC
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To:
Control: merge 509100 -1

Somebody™ needs to write code for that, it has been requested for over
ten years…

Cheers,
       Sven
#933055#25
Date:
2024-01-20 12:50:59 UTC
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To:
I found a workaround. If you need to install build dependencies for
package X, just create a fake package, which has "Depends", which are
equal to X's "Build-Depends". Then install this fake package via
aptitude.

Possibility of such workaround means that aptitude already has all
needed machinery. We just need to make aptitude to treat
"Build-Depends" in similar way to "Depends"