Re: Bug#671979: (no subject)

[Daniel Schepler <dschepler@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@hotmail.com> wrote:
> If qmake in Debian doesn't depend on pkg-config, then that's to be expected.
>  qmake is a build system that uses pkg-config.  Most Qt applications don't
> make use of that functionality though.
>
> I'm not the Debian maintainer.  I'm qtads upstream, chipping-in to point out
> that qmake should most probably depend on pkg-config :-)

If qmake can function without pkg-config, that makes the dependency at
most a Recommends.  And if most Qt applications don't use the
pkg-config functionality, then a Suggests seems most appropriate.  (Cc
to qt4-qmake package maintainers to get input on this point.)  In
either case, the original bug report would be correct that qtads
should be Build-Depending on pkg-config.
-- 
Daniel Schepler