Bug#840429: Please explain " Packages should not build-depend on this package. "

2017-11-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2016-10-15 21:28 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 09:22:56PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2016-10-11 16:34 +0200, Ailin Nemui wrote: >> >> > Package: libtinfo-dev >> > Version: 6.0+20160917-1 >> > >> > I need libtinfo.so and stumbled upon this sentence in the

Bug#840429: Please explain " Packages should not build-depend on this package. "

2016-10-15 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 09:22:56PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2016-10-11 16:34 +0200, Ailin Nemui wrote: > > > Package: libtinfo-dev > > Version: 6.0+20160917-1 > > > > I need libtinfo.so and stumbled upon this sentence in the description. > > It is bad for 2 reasons - no explanation given -

Bug#840429: Please explain " Packages should not build-depend on this package. "

2016-10-14 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2016-10-11 16:34 +0200, Ailin Nemui wrote: > Package: libtinfo-dev > Version: 6.0+20160917-1 > > I need libtinfo.so and stumbled upon this sentence in the description. > It is bad for 2 reasons - no explanation given - no suggested action. > > My guess is to depend on ncurses, but why if I

Bug#840429: Please explain " Packages should not build-depend on this package. "

2016-10-11 Thread Ailin Nemui
Package: libtinfo-dev Version: 6.0+20160917-1 I need libtinfo.so and stumbled upon this sentence in the description. It is bad for 2 reasons - no explanation given - no suggested action. My guess is to depend on ncurses, but why if I only need tinfo? Cheers,