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Re: Bug#269648: kernel-kbuild-2.6-2: Build-depends on kernel-source-2.6.5



On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 05:08:07PM -0700, Joshua Kwan wrote:
> 
> And why is no kernel-kbuild-2.4-* required for 2.4 images, if they need it?

I never got around to doing that.

> >I did it that way to avoid the main kernel packages having a dependency
> >on glibc.
> 
> I think it's perfectly reasonable for kernel-_headers_ to depend on 
> glibc, but not for the images, of course.

No that's not my concern.  My concern is the source package's dependency
on glibc which leads to propagation delays etc.
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