Bug#459712: Remove build-dep

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 07:14:49PM +1000, Mark Purcell wrote:
> On Monday 25 May 2009 07:39:47 Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > I think we should indeed remove the build-conflicts and remove from
> > rules the test.  This was probably useful long time ago, I do not think
> > it is still applicable.

> Looking at the ubuntu changelog, it appears they tried just that and then 
> reverted back again:
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ptlib

> So I suspect it isn't a good idea.

I assume you're referring to this?:

  ptlib (2.6.1-0ubuntu4) jaunty; urgency=low

    * debian/control: restore the conflicts for the -dev packages, which are
      real and necessary.

   -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at ubuntu.com>  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:43:15 +0000

That's about package conflicts, not build-conflicts.  I have no idea whether
there are self-build-conflicts that are necessary - though I certainly agree
they're inelegant.

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