Re: indirect build dependencies

[Tilman Koschnick <lists@subnetz.org>]

On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 09:23 -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Tilman Koschnick wrote:
> > | Built successfully
> > |
> > | NOTE: The package could have used binaries from the following packages
> > | (access time changed) without a source dependency:
> > |   python-dev: /usr/bin/python
> > |   xlibs-dev: /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so /usr/X11R6/lib/libXp.so
> > 
> > I guess I can ignore the python-dev line, since /usr/bin/python is in package python.
> > 
> > What about the xlibs-dev line? Currently, gpsd build-depends on lesstif-dev and libxaw7-dev,
> > which pull in the xlibs-dev package. Is this enough, or should I explicitly depend on xlibs-dev,
> > or rather libice-dev, libx11-dev, libxp-dev?
> 
> Do you call any function (directly), or use any header (directly) in
> libice-dev, libx11-dev, libxp-dev?
> 
> If yes, then you have to build-depend on them.
> If no, then you are *not* to build-depend on them.

No, I don't. But I discovered another package I have to build-depend on
this way, libxt-dev.

Thanks! Til