Thomas Koch wrote: > Hi, > > I'm packaging a program which needs libgearman-dev to build. > The libgearman source includes event.h, but the libgearman-dev package does > not depend on libevent. > Should my program build-depend on libevent-dev or is it the responsibility of > libgearman-dev to depend on libevent-dev? > > Is it a bug or not? If the header files in libgearman-dev do include event.h, the libgearman-dev should have a dependency on libevent-dev. If not, it's indeed a bug in libgearman-dev. Another good way to check the dependencies of dev package is to inspect its pkg-config file, if it ships one. Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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