Re: gettext, autopoint and cvs depends (Build-Depends)

[Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert.spam@gmx.net>]

Am Sonntag, den 22.05.2005, 19:49 +0200 schrieb Santiago Vila:
> On Sun, 22 May 2005, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> 
> > A short question: I have a package, where I run autopoint during build
> > process. Now the situation is, that gettext only suggests, but not
> > depends on cvs. So without adding cvs to 'Build-Depends:', the build
> > fails in a chrooted environment (pbuilder). What I need to know is, if
> > Debian's buildd can live/work without this dependency or not?
> 
> No, you should build-depend on cvs if you run autopoint during the
> build process.

Thanks. Then I was right to add it.

> This is explained here:
> 
> /usr/share/doc/gettext/README.Debian

You are right. I only read the autotools-dev README, which did not
contain this information - and I did not find much documentation about
the buildd. Thanks for pointing me to the right document.

Regards, Daniel