Bug#504514: unnecessary dependencies in clisp-dev
Package: clisp-dev
Version: 1:2.44.1-4.1
http://packages.debian.org/sid/clisp-dev
lists far too many dependencies.
clisp-dev does not require a specific gcc version.
all it needs is some C compiler, not necessarily the one which was used to
build clisp
there is absolutely no need for bison, debhelper, gettext, groff.
libffcall1-dev & libsigsegv-dev are not needed - they are statically linked
into lisp.a
x11-dev, xutils &c are not NECESSARY for modules built on top of the base set,
so they are not required, just recommended.
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