Re: source dependancies != binary dependancies
Paul Haggart wrote:
:
:
: I'm working on a package right now (FTE) that requires perl to be able to
: compile, but perl isn't needed when the program is in binary form. Is there
: a control file directive for this, or do I just make it depend on perl
: all-round?
:
: Can you tell I'm new to this? :)
Dependencies are only for the binaries. People who want to compile
the packages should know what they're doing and what packages to
install, if the compilation/building breaks with ... file not found.
(However, it would be nice, to have dependencies for the source packages
too ... )
Heiko
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