On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 12:43:13PM -0800, Tom Stellard wrote: > > > No, in that case gcc needs to Require: gas, because it is a run-time > > > dependency of that package. > > > > > > CMake will still work if make is not installed. Packages that use > > > cmake + Ninja should require those packages, and packages that use > > > cmake + make should require those packages too. > > > > I don't choose either. I just run cmake and it chooses what to > > use as it's default build tool. If I told it to use a specific > > build tool then I would see your point, but for the default one > > it seems reasonable that it should require it as it has made > > the decision to use it. > > > > Ok, I think this is a fair point especially after the f33 change were we are > now using cmake --build and cmake --install instead of invoking make > directly. > > The only issue is if cmake changes make to be a weak dependency can we still > rely on this? Do brew builds automatically install weak dependencies? > > If the change was automated and you did not have to do anything would you > still be opposed to having your spec files updated with BuildRequires: make Well, gcc really should have either weak or strong dependency on make too given that -flto is now used everywhere. Jakub _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx