Morten Johansen wrote: > Carlo Florendo wrote: >> The kernel-source does not depend on ncurses. Do you mean the > I agree. > >> dependency when you run 'make menuconfig'? I think that that is the >> only instance when the kernel compilation process would need ncurses. > Yes. > >> Strictly speaking though, the kernel source package does not depend on >> ncurses. > I agree that the kernel source does not really depend on ncurses, but > seeing as how "make menuconfig" on the kernel-source package does > require ncurses-devel to be installed (in the TSL world), maybe someone > should at least think about it? > > How many people still use "make config", and not "make menuconfig"?
I guess only a few hardcore kernel hackers still use make config. I don't :) In any case, I don't know how the TSL kernel packagers would address the issue. But my two cents worth is that it should not be placed as an RPM dependency. Thank you very much. Best Regards, Carlo -- Carlo Florendo Softare Engineer/Network Co-Administrator Astra Philippines Inc. UP-Ayala Technopark, Diliman 1101, Quezon City Philippines http://www.astra.ph -- The Astra Group of Companies 5-3-11 Sekido, Tama City Tokyo 206-0011, Japan http://www.astra.co.jp _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
