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just recommend it
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Package: autoconf
Version: 2.61-4
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 3.5
Policy 3.5 says:
Every package must specify the dependency information
about other packages that are required for the first to work
correctly.
autoconf merely 'recommends' automake, which is not a sufficiently
strong dependency, as shown by what bit me today:
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4073 ; autoreconf
Can't exec "aclocal": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/autoreconf line
182.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/bin/autoreconf line
182.
Can't exec "automake": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/autoreconf line
183.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/bin/autoreconf line
183.
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4074 ; autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 terminated by signal: 2
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages autoconf depends on:
ii debianutils 2.28.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii m4 1.4.10-1 a macro processing language
ii perl 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
Versions of packages autoconf recommends:
pn automaken <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 19:08:43 -0500, Norman Ramsey wrote:
> Package: autoconf
> Version: 2.61-4
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 3.5
>
> Policy 3.5 says:
>
> Every package must specify the dependency information
> about other packages that are required for the first to work
> correctly.
>
> autoconf merely 'recommends' automake, which is not a sufficiently
> strong dependency, as shown by what bit me today:
>
autoconf works just fine without automake.
The autoreconf command doesn't, but its functionality isn't necessary
for autoconf.
Cheers,
Julien
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