>>>>> "Harald" == Harald Dunkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Harald> Please see subject. Of course I would agree that this
Harald> dependency is usually a good thing, but sometimes it might
Harald> be helpfull to do a 'make install' for another prefix e.g.
Harald> in your stow directory without verifying all the dependencies
Harald> again.

This is traditional; there is no hard requirement for it in the spec,
it is just the "way things were done", at least in the GNU world as I
understood it back then.

Tom


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