[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#742350: src:libxml2: Do not build-depend on readline

Christian Svensson debian at cmd.nu
Sat Mar 22 18:44:18 UTC 2014


Package: src:libxml2
Version: 2.9.1+dfsg1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
As far as I can see the build dependency on readline is historic.
This results in the dependency cycle:
libxml2 - readline6 - libxml-libxml-perl - libxml2.

I would suggest removing readline as a build dependency.

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