Re: Bug#712633: marked as done (Include freebsd-config into freebsd-buildutils)
2013/7/30 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>:
> Hmmm, this has the problem that it introduces a circular
> build-dependency:
>
> freebsd-buildutils → freebsd-libs (via libsbuf-dev) → freebsd-buildutils
>
> which is a problem when bootstrapping on new architectures.
Yes, I'm aware of it. I don't see this as a problem: Bootstrapping new
architectures is a big job, and it already includes dealing with a
significant number of circular dependencies (specially in
toolchain-related packages like this one).
Currently it only seems to affect hurd-i386 (which is, well, not surprising).
> We should perhaps move it to its own independent package.
I think this would be an unnecessary burden. We already have many
packages, and we often lack the manpower to keep them up-to-date (e.g.
freebsd-manpages or ufsutils).
I wouldn't mind having a build flag to make freebsd-config
conditional. If you're so inclined, I suggest you check
[groff]/debian/README.source for an example on what I mean.
--
Robert Millan
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