Originally Posted by matthew_exon

So my approach worked like this:

build-package (package) {
apt-get source package
while ("dpkg-buildpackage package" complains about dependency) {
build-package(unmet-build-dependency)
}
while ("dpkg-buildpackage package" fails) {
hack-package
}
while ("dpkg --install package" complains about dependency) {
build-package(unmet-install-dependency)
}
}