Bug#59350: glibc_2.1.3-5(frozen): Missing build dependencies
Package: glibc
Version: 2.1.3-5
Hi Joel!
The autobuilder found some missing build dependencies for glibc:
perl, groff
>From the logs:
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/home/buildd/build/glibc-2.1.3/glibc-2.1.3/linuxthreads/man'
> perl troffprepro pthread_atfork.man pthread_atfork.3thr
> perl troffprepro pthread_attr_init.man pthread_attr_init.3thr
> perl troffprepro pthread_cancel.man pthread_cancel.3thr
This definitively uses perl, which isn't included in the build
dependencies. It also looks likely that the troffprepro script calls
groff, at least the access time of this file has changed...
BTW, I've seen this for the first time, otherwise I would have
reported it with the last "missing build deps" bug...
BTW^2: It isn't really nice IHMO that glibc build-depends on perl...
This generates another big cycle in build deps, which can bite new
architectures or people that want to recompile the distribution from
scratch. But if there's no easy way around this, I guess we have to
live with it :-(
Roman
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