On 2012-07-23 04:47, Simon Josefsson wrote: > "P. J. McDermott" <p...@nac.net> writes: >> libtasn1-3 build-depends on gtk-doc-tools and texlive-latex-base, >> neither of which is used in the build process. Both can be safely >> removed from debian/control as in the attached patch (tested in a sid >> chroot). > > The dependencies should be used during the build process to generate the > GTK-DOC API manual. I've heard before that it is recommended that > everything that is shipped in Debian packages are built from sources to > make sure that it is possible to rebuild generated files if necessary. > I recall this is common for other packages with GTK-DOC manuals too.
The manual isn't being built by debian/rules, so the build dependencies currently aren't being used at all. -- P. J. McDermott (_/@\_) ,--. http://www.pehjota.net/ o < o o > / oo \ http://www.pehjota.net/contact.html o \ `-/ | <> |. o o o "~v /_\--/_/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
