Bug#191358: xserver-xfree86: missing build dependency in xfree86 4.2.1

["Christian T. Steigies" <cts@debian.org>]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 08:58:30PM -0400, Martin Stolle wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.2.1
> Severity: important
> Tags: sid
> Justification: fails to build from source
> 
> When building xserver-xfree86 4.2.1 from source, it fails to mention a
> dependency on g++.  (I know I am running 4.3, but since this relates to
> the build process of the official 4.2.1 package, that is really
> unrelated)

You might want to look into /usr/share/doc/build-essential/list

 Here's the definition (as of Policy 3.1.0.0):

     It will not be necessary to explicitly specify build-time
     relationships on a minimal set of packages that are always needed
     to compile, link and put in a Debian package a standard "Hello
     World!"  program written in C or C++. The required packages are
     called _build-essential_, and an informational list can be found
     in /usr/share/doc/build-essential/list' (which is contained in
     the `build-essential' package).

I hope Branden does not kill me for closing this bug...

Christian