Hi Jonathan, On 2012-09-20 00:36, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
Hi, Filipus Klutiero wrote:If by 'optional dependencies' you mean assuming a feature provided by a package on which the dependency is not declared as absolute, there are certainly solutions; declare the dependency as absolute or stop assuming the feature's presence.Neither of those would be appropriate in this case.
If the former is inappropriate, the latter is certainly appropriate.
However, if you'd like to improve the error message, that would probably be a welcome change upstream. Upstream would be the place to propose such a change (with a patch); it does not seem worth tracking in Debian.
Feel free, but note that a bug in Debian's Linux does not necessarily imply a bug in Linux upstream. Upstream may consider pkg-config as a dependency, or may have implicit dependencies. However, I agree that a change upstream sounds like the optimal way to fix.