Re: build dep on perl packages ..
* Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp> [2002-12-20 05:25]:
>
> > to test the package (so install it), you need to satisfy the dependencies (not the
> > build dependencies), those errors says that you dont have met the dependencies to
> > run the package. It is different than ignore all warning and errors.
>
> Your build process runs the package while in the build process, that is why it
> is emitting those warnings, right ?
>
> Many packages try to run itself as part of build process as a testsuite
> to make sure packages run properly.
No it doesn't run the program. When you "make" a perl package, it tests if
the prerequiste are installed. But it's not build-depends, just
run-depends.
It uses PREREQ_PM in Makefile.PL
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Thomas Poindessous
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