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On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Mamoru Tasaka wrote:

> Panu Matilainen wrote, at 12/04/2008 12:43 AM +9:00:
> > Well the question is, should rpm-build require everything it can extract 
> > dependencies from? That would drag in mono and whatnot... and rpm-build 
> > itself certainly does not require pkg-config to function.
> >
> > Adding dependency on pkgconfig is no big deal, but the line between what 
> > should go to rpm-build dependencies and what to buildsys groups is rather 
> > fuzzy.
> >
> >     - Panu -
>
> So this contains packaging guidelines issue
> - If FPC says "all packages which creates pkgconfig .pc file must
> have _Build_Requires: pkgconfig", then rpm-build (or buildsys) does not
> have to add pkgconfig dependency
>
> - If FPC says no, then rpm-build or buildsys must have pkgconfig dependency
>
> My current opinition is that rpm-build should have "Requires: pkgconfig"
> because this affects even a small package and guideline changes due to this
> issue will affect many packages.

Yup, pkg-config is a bit special in that many packages which provide a 
pkg-config file don't actually require it themselves (for build), causing 
unresolvable dependencies all too easily. Already done and building, will 
be in rawhide in a few minutes.

        - Panu -

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