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Subject: Re: GNATColl
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On Tuesday, 5 March 2013 20:06:44 UTC, tonyg  wrote:
> On Tuesday, 5 March 2013 19:27:49 UTC, Ludovic Brenta  wrote:
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> > Ludovic Brenta.
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> I havn't packaged a compiled unit for debian before, let me take a look and get back to you :) (I have made so so much use of the debian packages though its only right to try)

I've made some progress on the dependency side regarding python.
It needs a link to exist in /usr/bin/ called python-config and I think pretty much any python will do. Its a strange one though isn't it, don't packages have to have only possible dependency rather than a choice?