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Re: Package checking



On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 12:32:06AM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> >From current policy:
> 
>      When specifying the set of build-time dependencies, one should list
>      only those packages explicitly required by the build.  It is not
>      necessary to list packages which are required merely because some
>      other package in the list of build-time dependencies depends on them.
>      The reason is that dependencies change, and you should list only those
>      _you_ need.  What others need is their business.

When I asked a similar question some time ago,
I did not find anything like this in the policy.
I tried section 7.6 (Relationships between source
and binary packages).  Is the statement above new,
or did I look in the wrong place?

Jochen
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