Re: Build-Depends
>>>>> "Falk" == Falk Hueffner <falk.hueffner@student.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
Falk> Can somebody explain to me why autoconf, automake and
Falk> libtool should ever be in a build dependency? They were
Falk> designed with the goal that compilation should be possible
Falk> without them (and m4).
For starters: some packages (eg openldap) patch the Configure.in
script at build time, hence require autoconf to rebuild the Configure
script.
True, this situation is a bit unusual, but I believe this is a correct
answer to your question...
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Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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