clone 480638 -1 reassign -1 build-essential retitle -1 please update description since dpkg-buildpackage requires build-essential severity -1 wishlist thanks
On Sun, 11 May 2008, Alexis Huxley wrote: > 2) assign one half to the build-essential people so that the text: > > > > ... Moreover this package is not required for building Debian > > > packages. > > is removed from their package description, Right. Doing so. Matthias, can you update the description of the build-essential package so that it looks like more like an official definition of "build-essential"? The fact that dpkg-buildpackage relies on it really makes it clearly official... and as such it's really required for building packages in most cases. > 3) assign the other half to dpkg-dev to make build-essential an > *install-time* > dependency, not just a run-time dependency. dpkg-dev already Recommends build-essential so there's nothing to do here. Making it a strong dependency would be wrong as dpkg-buildpackage -d can be used and the other tools in the packages do not need build-essential in any way. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
