Re: Package checking
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 05:56:16AM -0600, Sam TH 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.
> >
> > Hopefully this will answer your question.
>
> Well, sort of. For the packe in question, it does. But say there was
> a package that depended on both GLib and GNOME (say, by including
> gnome.h and glib.h). If, at some later point, GNOME no longer
> depended on GLib, then just having Build-Depends: libgnome-dev would
> no longer be correct. But currently it is. What should one do in
> this situation?
So if you need both gnome.h and glib.h, then you must Build-Depends:
libgnome-dev, glib-dev, because these packages are both *explicitly*
required by the build.
Julian
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