Hi,
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 08:51:27AM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> Op zo 13 jan. 2019 om 13:17 schreef Guido Günther <[email protected]>:
> > > pristine-tar is a recommends, not a depends, so it wasn't installed on
> > > my system and it took quite some time to figure out why the
> > > buildpackage was failing.
> >
> > pristine-tar is not required at all for gbp operation and people use it
> > without it.
>
> Isn't it required for some operations?
Yes, that's what recommend are for
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html
Cheers,
-- Guido
