On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Johannes Schauer wrote: > Should a dependency of a source package src:A on src:foo not mean that src:A > also automatically build depends on the build dependencies of src:foo?
Not necessarily, src:A could be building with a different set of build options. For example SDL instead of GTK+. Or it might be a cross-compiled for Win32, requiring a cross-compiler plus some libraries for a partial win32 arch. > It would be weird if the transitive dependencies are taken into account for > build dependencies on binary packages but not for build dependencies on source > packages. I think it would allow more flexibility to do it this way and as long as there is a way to build-depend on the build-dependencies for a source package, that should be fine. As a bonus we can get rid of mk-build-deps :) -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKTje6E28euLJ5qFLg=d5bdrnpxh1zgzbgcpdzkxptcv_a_...@mail.gmail.com
