Re: Source build-dependencies
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Johannes Schauer wrote:
> Should a dependency of a source package src:A on src:foo not mean that src:A
> also automatically build depends on the build dependencies of src:foo?
Not necessarily, src:A could be building with a different set of build
options. For example SDL instead of GTK+. Or it might be a
cross-compiled for Win32, requiring a cross-compiler plus some
libraries for a partial win32 arch.
> It would be weird if the transitive dependencies are taken into account for
> build dependencies on binary packages but not for build dependencies on source
> packages.
I think it would allow more flexibility to do it this way and as long
as there is a way to build-depend on the build-dependencies for a
source package, that should be fine. As a bonus we can get rid of
mk-build-deps :)
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bye,
pabs
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