On 01-Sep-00, 12:10 (CDT), "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Steve Greenland wrote: > > I think I miswrote earlier: I wrote "build-essentials" when I should > > have written "Build-Depends". And I'd wager that the vast majority > > of the Debian developers have no need at all for Build-Depends. > > What about for users who want to rebuild the package for whatever > reasons? Many times you get half way through some huge package and it > craps out because you didn't have some esoteric header file or > library. Build-depends is invluable for avoiding those kinds of > annoyances.
Those people would be equally well served by a note or check at the beginning of the debian/rules file; we didn't need policy and a new control file headers for that. Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
