Re: make menuconfig
Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
>
> No, it shouldn't. You could equally well run `make config' or `make
> xconfig' to build your kernel. The first doesn't require anything
Point well taken.
> that's not in the Depends: and Recommends: fields. The latter
> requires you have a running X server. Should the kernel sources
> depend on xserver (and what not)? I don't think so. Perhaps a
> Suggests:, but definitely not a Depends: or Recommends: (because
> dselect will mark these for installation by default)!
>
> I just checked (potato) and all the kernel-source packages mention
> ncurses-dev or libncurses-dev in the Suggests: field. What's more, it
> also lists tk-dev and for the newer kernels task-tcltk-dev. It's all
> there.
You're right.
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