on IRC I was told:
RangerRick>     Depends: is an implicit BuildDepends

that explains my situation.
But I doubt that is the way it should be.

On 3/27/07, Alexey Zakhlestin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I submitted the package for validation:
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1688512&group_id=17203&atid=414256
>
> works fine, but has one strange effect
>
> It has a bunch of splitoffs. one of those splitoffs has
>   Depends: %N, rrdtool
>
> that's the only place rrdtool is mentioned in the .info file
>
> now, I try the following:
> fink --build-as-nobody -m rebuild lighttpd
>
> and among the other things fink tells me:
> The package 'rrdtool' will be built and installed
>
> why?
> rrdtool is not in "BuildDepends". it is "Depends". it is needed only
> in runtime for one of the splitoffs. I thought it is supposed to be
> installed only if I install that splitoff
>
> do I misunderstand something?
>
> --
> Alexey Zakhlestin
> http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/
>


-- 
Alexey Zakhlestin
http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/

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