On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 13:03, Bill Nottingham wrote:
Michael Schwendt (fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said:
Better let's discuss whether above set should be extended. E.g. with 'gettext' and 'desktop-file-utils', as they are needed by many src.rpms.
Yes and maybe, if you're trolling for opinions.
Bill
As stands now gcc-g++ needs to be specified in BuildRequires if you're using mach as there is nothing else in "C++ build" toolchain that requires it. If you leave it out, mach (correctly) removes the gcc-c++ package before attempting to build it. Some of the others are superfluous, but that one is not.
No. This is only due to the default configuration of mach not matching Fedora packaging policies.
http://www.fedora.us/wiki/HOWTOFindMissingBuildRequires
fedora-rpmdevtools when added to your mach buildroot guarantees that the minimum package set is included. The following packages are totally unnecessary in BuildRequires:
rpm-build redhat-rpm-config gcc gcc-c++ make sed tar cpio patch diffutils gzip bzip2 unzip perl (implicitly gawk, python, and several others)
This being said, some larger BuildRequires like "perl" or "python" are added by many packagers anyway for emotional reasons. I am unwilling to fight this battle so this has been allowed. Generally we only bitch about stupid BuildRequires like gcc*, make, etc.
Warren Togami wtogami@xxxxxxxxxx
