On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 22:22:44 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Hi Steve, > > Steve Langasek <[email protected]> (01/03/2011): > > The xutils-dev package recently had a Build-Depends: xutils-dev added with > > the explanation: > > > > * Add build-dep on xutils-dev for lndir. > > > > I haven't been able to figure out why this is, as nothing in the build > > system appears to invoke lndir. Hopefully there's a better way to > > accomplish the goal here, since circular build-deps are a problem for port > > bootstrapping. > > I added that because of the following part in the lndir/configure.ac diff: > | +AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS > | + > | +# Require X.Org macros 1.8 or later for MAN_SUBSTS set by > XORG_MANPAGE_SECTIONS > | +m4_ifndef([XORG_MACROS_VERSION], > | + [m4_fatal([must install xorg-macros 1.8 or later before running > autoconf/autogen])]) > | +XORG_MACROS_VERSION(1.8) > | +XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS > > (BTW, it's needed for: > $ grep -l xorg-macros */configure.ac > imake/configure.ac > lndir/configure.ac > makedepend/configure.ac > util-macros/configure.ac > xorg-cf-files/configure.ac > but I tend to look more closely on upstream diffs.) > That only requires the macros when running aclocal/autoconf, not when running configure.
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