[maemo-developers] Missing development packages

[From: Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

ludovic.courtes at laas.fr (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> In trying to cross-compile an application requiring `libcomerr', I
> noticed that `comerr-dev' is missing from the `gregale' repository.
>
> Then, in trying to build the `comerr-dev' package (source package is
> `e2fsprogs'), I noticed that some of its build dependencies (namely
> `texi2html' and `dc') are also missing from the repository.
>
> Any hint on how to handle it?

Am I missing something so obvious here?  ;-)

Should I add a `deb-src' APT source pointing to the Debian Sarge
archive, take the missing packages from there and build them for Maemo?
Is this the Right Way?

Thanks in advance,
Ludovic.