close 456883
thanks
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 10:21:54AM +0100, Adam Sj?gren wrote:
> Building xapian-core requires a C++ compiler, but Build-Depends lacks
> c++-compiler.
Such a dependency isn't required since g++ is build-essential. See
policy 4.2 which states:
It is not necessary to explicitly specify build-time relationships on a
minimal set of packages that are always needed to compile, link and put
in a Debian package a standard "Hello World!" program written in C or
C++. The required packages are called build-essential, and an
informational list can be found in /usr/share/doc/build-essential/list
(which is contained in the build-essential package).
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html
If you want to build packages, it is expected that you install the
build-essential package which will pull in all such tools.
Cheers,
Olly
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