On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi, > > At the time I did the the build-essential changes I think I was not > aware about the new «Build-Essential: yes» field in the Packages > files. So I think this part should be changed...
How so? The field in the Packages file is not available to dpkg-checkbuilddeps… > On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 16:38:28 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > 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. > > I read this part more as that the build-essential package dependencies > are not the final authority on what is build essential, and not that > build essential packages are not required to be installed to build stuff. The dependencies are needed but not the package itself (like all metapackages). That's what he meant AFAIK. 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]
