forcemerge 480638 571671
thanks

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> It seems that for some reason dpkg-checkbuilddeps now adds the
> package "build-essential" to the Build-Depends, getting me:
> $ dpkg-checkbuilddeps
> dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: build-essential

This is a feature and not a bug, it's also hardly new. It has been there
for quite some time now. Merging with the pre-existing wontfix bug.

> The package build-essential is not Build Essential, nor is it
> in my control file, nor do you Depend on it.

We recommend it. Not all dpkg-* tools require this to be installed.

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