On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@hotmail.com> wrote: > If qmake in Debian doesn't depend on pkg-config, then that's to be expected. > qmake is a build system that uses pkg-config. Most Qt applications don't > make use of that functionality though. > > I'm not the Debian maintainer. I'm qtads upstream, chipping-in to point out > that qmake should most probably depend on pkg-config :-)
If qmake can function without pkg-config, that makes the dependency at most a Recommends. And if most Qt applications don't use the pkg-config functionality, then a Suggests seems most appropriate. (Cc to qt4-qmake package maintainers to get input on this point.) In either case, the original bug report would be correct that qtads should be Build-Depending on pkg-config. -- Daniel Schepler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-qt-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CADf0C45pfBNmWmfTX1_4AX=yojjhmjot+26d+pwmji5qf6j...@mail.gmail.com
