On 23-Apr-01, 04:02 (CDT), Lars Steinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 02:24:42AM -0700, Daniel Schepler wrote: > > Package: tktable > > Version: 2.6-2 > > Severity: normal > > > > The source package needs debhelper to build. > > I'd have expected that is a standard build dependency, guess we might > have to issue a policy request that the commonly accepted debian package > tools are pronounced as such in > http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/build-essential...
Ain't gonna happen. It's been discussed before. The problem is that most debhelper Build-Depends actually need to be versioned[1], which won't work with build-essential. Regards, Steve [1] I personally am not convinced this is the case (simply expecting that the build-essentials install was kept up-to-date would be sufficient), but enough people disagree with me (include the debhelper maintainer, IIRC) that the discussion is not worth pursuing again. -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)