* Samuel Thibault ([email protected]) [171217 10:37]: > FI, with quick scripting I'm ending up with the following list of > contrib packages which have a *build-time* dependency on non-free, which > we thus currently have to build by hand:
AFAIR the debian policy, it's not allowed to have a dependency from contrib to non-free. This includes both binary and source (i.e. build-time) dependencies. If that's a wise thing is another question. IMHO the best would be to split non-free into "mostly useable" and "don't touch this", and add "mostly useable" to the build-dependencies. This however requires cooperation from the ftp-masters. Other than that, I wouldn't recommend to take the legal responsibility to build against non-free packages. Andi
