On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 10:10:52PM -0400, Edward Allcutt wrote: > On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 11:26 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 01:03:38AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > > m-a don't need build-essential. It needs the compiler (nothing else like > > > libc headers) for the kernel. The debian linux headers already depends > > > against the correct compiler. > > > > Maybe so, but "m-a prepare" installs it. I don't know why it doesn't > > just depend on it instead. > Perhaps because the specific compiler needed depends on what the > current kernel was compiled with? I thought that was the reason > linux-headers depended on a specific compiler version.
As I said, "m-a prepare" installs build-essential always. Therefore it may as well just depend on it. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
