How to report bug in build-deps?

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Sun 11 Sep 2011 11:59:59 SAST, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
> On Sun 11 Sep 2011 11:51:14 SAST, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 11 September 2011 10:45, Bruce Pieterse<octoquadza at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/09/2011 01:12, Patton Echols wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 09/10/2011 09:16 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10 September 2011 16:41, Bruce Pieterse<octoquadza at gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Bruce
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sep 10, 2011 5:20 PM, "Colin Law"<clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When one does
>>>>>>> sudo apt-get build-dep<some_app>
>>>>>>> it should install all the packages to allow that app to be 
>>>>>>> built. How
>>>>>>> do I report a bug in the build dependencies list for an app 
>>>>>>> (there are
>>>>>>> some deps missing).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do I just report it against the app itself?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Google has failed me, or perhaps more accurately I have failed to
>>>>>>> persuade google to help.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Colin,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What application are you trying to install and what does apt-get 
>>>>>> say for
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> dependencies?
>>>>>
>>>>> I think you have misunderstood my problem. I am not attempting to
>>>>> install an app, but install the *build* dependencies for the app, and
>>>>> the build dependencies have missing packages. So I want to report
>>>>> that as a bug.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am far from an expert, and can't even tell you where to look. But 
>>>> I see
>>>> this as a logic problem.
>>>>
>>>> the build-dep switch reads the<some-app> source, finds the 
>>>> dependencies
>>>> and installs them, right?
>>>>
>>>> One of two things is going on. Either the source correctly lists the
>>>> missing packages as dependencies and build-dep is missing them, or the
>>>> source does not correctly list them. It seems to me you need to 
>>>> figure out
>>>> which.
>>>>
>>>> Someone with more knowledge of how such things work may give a better
>>>> answer.
>>>>
>>> I'll be honest, I'm no expert to. lol. You can install gnucash with 
>>> sudo
>>> apt-get install gnucash. Is there a reason why you are building it from
>>> source when it is already in repo?
>>
>> So that I can contribute to development of the software.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>
> Ah, now I get it, my apologies! Well, let me grab the source code 
> myself and see if I can help out :)
>

Are you trying to build on Natty or on Oneiric Beta 1?

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Bruce Pieterse