Re: Bug#94790: Needs Build-depends on autoconf
On Sat, 21 Apr 2001 20:50:11 -0600 (MDT),
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> said:
> You change the version number, you need to have autoconf
> and automake installed.
I suppose this is an argument over whether or not Build-depends
are intended to be useful for humans as well as machines. I say
it does belong in the Build-depends. How else was i to know that
i needed it to build it? Adding it to a debian/README.build or
something like that doesn't seem right to me, because then i have
to look in multiple places.
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