On Sep 20,2002 00:58:41 +1000, Michael Stillwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
>What is the fink group's policy on dependencies?
[snip]
>
>I edited the .info file and built the package with /none/ of these
>dependencies; it seems to work fine. Why do I need to install python
>(and X11!) to get an XML library? (Especially since--in this not
>uncommon case--the configure file will itself determine if python is
>installed, and compile relevant python extensions if it is.)
You've hit on the important point, here. We want fink packages to compile the
same way on everybody's system, no matter what they have installed. What this
implies is: if the configure file will behave differently depending on whether
a certain package is present or not, then we make sure that the package is
present.
Many of the dependencies you are worried about are "build" dependencies only.
You might want to use fink's binary packages instead, if you're still on 10.1.
(Binary packages for 10.2 are probably at least another month away.)
-- Dave
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