Hi Steve, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> (01/03/2011): > 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. I added that because of the following part in the lndir/configure.ac diff: | +AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS | + | +# Require X.Org macros 1.8 or later for MAN_SUBSTS set by XORG_MANPAGE_SECTIONS | +m4_ifndef([XORG_MACROS_VERSION], | + [m4_fatal([must install xorg-macros 1.8 or later before running autoconf/autogen])]) | +XORG_MACROS_VERSION(1.8) | +XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS (BTW, it's needed for: $ grep -l xorg-macros */configure.ac imake/configure.ac lndir/configure.ac makedepend/configure.ac util-macros/configure.ac xorg-cf-files/configure.ac but I tend to look more closely on upstream diffs.) As Julien said, removing xutils-dev from B-D still results in a successful build, but I'm not very keen on removing that package, we might need it “harder” later. Maybe we should just add a Build-Depends-Bootstrap… field (without that package in B-D), if the proposal[1] mentioned on dda@[2] gets accepted? 1. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianBootstrap/EmdebianSprint2011 2. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/03/msg00000.html KiBi.
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