Alexey Zakhlestin wrote: > 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/ >> >> > > > It's a matter of classification:
BuildDepends are buildtime only. Depends are both for runtime and buildtime. It would certainly be an option for a packaging system also to have, say, RuntimeDepends, which are only needed at runtime. Fink just doesn't do that. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink User Liason/Documenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
