Re: A tool to help making (build) dependencies right.
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 11:19:18AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> You have to be careful: the list produced should not be used
> automatically for two reasons:
>
> (1) Some packages will be brought in as implied dependencies of other
> packages. You should only list the packages that the build
> *explicitly* requires. That's actually a bit subtle.
>
> (2) You may need versioned dependencies; the automated process will
> not be able to decide that.
(3) Some build dependencies are architecture specific.
Marcus
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