Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > No, it shouldn't. You could equally well run `make config' or `make > xconfig' to build your kernel. The first doesn't require anything
Point well taken. > that's not in the Depends: and Recommends: fields. The latter > requires you have a running X server. Should the kernel sources > depend on xserver (and what not)? I don't think so. Perhaps a > Suggests:, but definitely not a Depends: or Recommends: (because > dselect will mark these for installation by default)! > > I just checked (potato) and all the kernel-source packages mention > ncurses-dev or libncurses-dev in the Suggests: field. What's more, it > also lists tk-dev and for the newer kernels task-tcltk-dev. It's all > there. You're right.
