Bug#616033: xutils-dev: circular build-dep
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 17:10:05 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Package: xutils-dev
> Version: 1:7.6+1
> Severity: normal
>
> The xutils-dev package recently had a Build-Depends: xutils-dev added with
> the explanation:
>
> * Add build-dep on xutils-dev for lndir.
>
> I haven't been able to figure out why this is, as nothing in the build
> system appears to invoke lndir. Hopefully there's a better way to
> accomplish the goal here, since circular build-deps are a problem for port
> bootstrapping.
>
Hmm, I thought it was because lndir's configure script was looking for
xorg-macros.pc, but apparently failure to find it is not fatal, so maybe
we could just get rid of the build dep...
If we do need to keep it, I was thinking of making xorg-macros its own
separate (arch:all) package.
Cheers,
Julien
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