Inflation of explicit build requirements

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Fri Jun 4 21:07:08 UTC 2004


On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Shahms King wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 13:03, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > Michael Schwendt (fedora at wir-sind-cool.org) 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.  

An oversight that should be fixed.  gcc-c++ should certainly be in the 
"default developer toolchain" or add
Requires: gcc-c++
to any/all C++ developer libraries (e.g. qt-devel, kdelibs-devel, 
mozilla-devel)

-- Rex





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