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Re: Build-Depends



On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 12:25:44PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> > (1) If I want to Build-Depend on packages A, B, C, D, E, and F.  And A
> > depends on B, C, D, E, and F.  Should I just mention A, because it
> > implies B to F or should I enumerate them all?
> 
> the smallest set of depends, just like a depends line.

No.  It's the set of things which your package *directly* depends on.
The other messages in this thread explain this in detail.  The same
should apply to the depends line.

   Julian

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