On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 11:43:46AM -0500, David Starner wrote: > On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 06:26:53PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > > debconf_0.3.81.dsc has: > > Build-Depends: perl5, debhelper (>= 2.0.98), debconf-utils, gettext, > > libapt-pkg-dev, g++ > > But dpkg -p debconf-utils says: > > Depends: debconf (>= 0.3.31) It also has `Source: debconf' > There was a big flame war here about this sometime ago, because some > packages (ocaml, gnat, gcc) absoluetly need the package to compile. So > it can't be a policy violation without big changes. The best you can do > is request that debconf not depend on itself. The package should really be able to build the -utils part of itself first, then use the -utils binaries it's just built to build the rest of it. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``We reject: kings, presidents, and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and working code.'' -- Dave Clark
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