http://blfs-bugs.linuxfromscratch.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1472
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-07-29 13:28 ------- Trying to provide addtional information for Richard: There are actually two policies involved here. 1) Packages installed in LFS shall not be annotated as dependencies in BLFS. LFS specifies that an Editor (VIM, or a substitute) is installed. Therefore, BLFS should assume the reader has a text editor installed and does not need to list this redundant item. 2) Dependencies shall only be listed in the "dependencies" section if such dependency is required to compile and install the package. In the case of Fcron, the package will compile and install without the text editor. It is only required later, so this should be annoted in a note in the configuration section. Item 1) does not need explanation because if LFS dependecies were listed, I suspect there would need to be literally hundreds of additional dependency items added to BLFS. Item 2) can be further seen to be policy by looking at the DocBook-utils package, which cannot be used unless a "which" program is installed. However, "which" is not listed in the dependecies, rather there is a note in the configuration section saying it is required. There are other packages with similar requirements, but none spring to mind right now. Hope this helps. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
