Bug#225164: at-spi_1.3.9-1(ia64/unstable): FTBFS: missing build-depends?

LaMont Jones LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>, 225164@bugs.debian.org
Sat, 27 Dec 2003 08:05:24 -0700


On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 11:08:48AM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 16:59:59 -0700, lamont@debian.org wrote:
> Getting XML::Parser installed is the responsibility of the intltool package.
> intltool is an implicit build dependency of at-spi through gnome-common
> through gtk-doc-tools which is an explicit build dependency of at-spi
> through a Build-Depends-Indep: declaration. That declaration is apparently
> being ignored, as the buildd log shows no signs of gtk-doc-tools,
> gnome-common or intltool being installed.

The build daemon installs all Build-Depends, and then invokes
dpkg-buildpackage -B, which invokes debian/rules build.  If the build
target requires any build-dependencies, then they must be declared as
build-depends, or the package will fail to build from source.

lamont