Armin K. wrote: > On 03/23/2013 01:53 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> My thinking was to be true to the original wording. Your version is >> good, but doesn't support mean built? Would a new user know that? A >> thought would be: >> >> "Libxml2 must have been built with Python support as recommended, or >> else ... >> >> Looking at this further, might we simply delete the note and change >> Python from Recommended to Required for libxml2? The documentation now >> lists MesaLib-9.1 as required for Xorg-Server. Libxml2 is required for >> Mesa but must have Python support for Mesa. If memory serves, previous >> documentation listed Mesa as an option when compiling Xorg-Server. >> > > No. You don't get how the book lists the dependencies. Required > dependencies are *required* for package to build. Without them, you > can't build the package. Recommended dependencies are dependencies > without which package can be built, but you will be missing some > functionality in the package, or some other package will require it to > be built with "foo" as dependency. We assume recommended dependencies > are installed unless you know what are you doing. They are not > recommended without a reason. Not everyone builds Xorg. If I am building a LAMP server, I might want xsltproc which requires libxml2, but I don't need python. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
