Re: emacs dependency ...
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 12:46:51PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote:
>
> i guess the emacsen build dependency can be removed from the ocmal package,
> since it was used to build the .elc files, which are just removed afterward,
> since they get build at package installation time now.
>
> I will also change the emacs/Makefile to not build them anymore, which is more
> efficient.
Yes, absolutely. I didn't want to touch the makefiles since I don't have
a complete overview of the compilation process. The best is not to generate
the elc at all, the debian policy is that these are generated at install
time.
> I will also need to add a emacs dependency, or maybe only a suggest ?
Suggest is sufficient, I think.
> What will happen with the emacsen-install stuff if no emacs is installed ?
> will it just bomb, or get build correctly later when the user installs some
> emacs on his system ?
The latter. The same happens when other emacsen (like xemacs) are installed.
-Ralf.
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