packages that BuildRequire: gettext that need to change to gettext-devel

Leonard den Ottolander leonard at den.ottolander.nl
Wed Jun 23 16:59:45 UTC 2004


Hello Colin,

> The "autopoint" program is presently included in the "gettext" package.
> Since it's really autopoint that requires CVS, it seems to me that the
> package containing autopoint should BuildRequire: cvs.  However, since
> gettext is essentially part of the base system, this would force cvs in
> too. 

If gettext essentially requires CVS the dependency should be stated as
such for gettext: Requires cvs. If autopoint is split of into a
gettext-devel package that package should Requires cvs.

Leonard.

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