To clarify something, upstream projects are developers that creat projects to be ported to the debian system. If this is not correct, please explain the definition of an upstream project.
Istimsak Abdulbasir On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Johannes Schauer <j.scha...@email.de>wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 07:55:42PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > Which software is this and why does it need itself to build? Is it a > compiler? > > There are many examples of source packages that build depend on binary > packages they build. This includes languages like python, vala, sml, > freepascal and haskell. > > But besides those simple cycles there are other cycles of length 2 when > taking whole installation sets into account. For example src:pkg-config > indirectly build depends on pkg-config because src:pkg-config build > depends on libglib2.0-dev which depends on pkg-config. > > As the subject mentions bootstrapping, this extended type of self-cycle > is of just as much importance as the first type mentioned initially. > > Here are all cycles of length two (both types) in Debian Sid as of > January 2013. Each cycle contains one source package and one of its > build dependencies. Sometimes those build dependencies are directly > built by the source package itself (first type) and sometimes those > build dependencies need binary packages the source package builds to be > installed. > > texlive-latex-base -> src:libtasn1-3 > gtk-doc-tools -> src:libtasn1-3 > libldap2-dev -> src:cyrus-sasl2 > libpq-dev -> src:cyrus-sasl2 > heimdal-multidev -> src:cyrus-sasl2 > heimdal-dev -> src:openldap > gtk-doc-tools -> src:gnutls26 > texlive-latex-base -> src:libgcrypt11 > texlive-generic-recommended -> src:libgcrypt11 > libdbus-glib-1-dev -> src:dbus > python-dbus -> src:dbus > libgtk2.0-dev -> src:avahi > libgtk-3-dev -> src:avahi > python-gtk2 -> src:avahi > xfonts-utils -> src:libfontenc > ghostscript -> src:cups > default-jdk -> src:java-atk-wrapper > src:python2.7 -> python > lsb-release -> src:python2.7 > gdb -> src:python2.7 > openjade1.3 -> src:opensp > docbook-dsssl -> src:opensp > ghostscript -> src:ijs > docbook-utils -> src:ijs > src:colord -> libgtk-3-dev > kdelibs5-dev -> src:libproxy > libwebkitgtk-dev -> src:libproxy > libphonon-dev -> src:phonon-backend-gstreamer > libavformat-dev -> src:x264 > libffms2-dev -> src:x264 > libopencv-dev -> src:libav > libcv-dev -> src:libav > libgtk-3-dev -> src:d-conf > valac -> src:vala-0.16 > gcj-jdk -> src:ecj > gcj-4.7-jdk -> src:ecj > python-matplotlib -> src:python-numpy > fp-utils-2.6.0 -> src:fpc > fp-compiler-2.6.0 -> src:fpc > fp-units-base-2.6.0 -> src:fpc > fp-units-fcl-2.6.0 -> src:fpc > mlton -> src:mlton > src:sbcl -> sbcl > src:alex -> alex > gnat -> src:gnat-4.6 > gforth -> src:gforth > src:happy -> happy > src:hscolour -> haskell-devscripts > ghc -> src:ghc > libglib2.0-dev -> src:pkg-config > > cheers, josch > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130212124038.GA28938@hoothoot > >
