On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 12:43:13PM -0800, Tom Stellard wrote:
> > > No, in that case gcc needs to Require: gas, because it is a run-time
> > > dependency of that package.
> > >
> > > CMake will still work if make is not installed. Packages that use
> > > cmake + Ninja should require those packages, and packages that use
> > > cmake + make should require those packages too.
> >
> > I don't choose either. I just run cmake and it chooses what to
> > use as it's default build tool. If I told it to use a specific
> > build tool then I would see your point, but for the default one
> > it seems reasonable that it should require it as it has made
> > the decision to use it.
> >
>
> Ok, I think this is a fair point especially after the f33 change were we are
> now using cmake --build and cmake --install instead of invoking make
> directly.
>
> The only issue is if cmake changes make to be a weak dependency can we still
> rely on this? Do brew builds automatically install weak dependencies?
>
> If the change was automated and you did not have to do anything would you
> still be opposed to having your spec files updated with BuildRequires: make
Well, gcc really should have either weak or strong dependency on make too
given that -flto is now used everywhere.
Jakub
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