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Auteur: Mark Hindley
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Onderwerp: Re: [devuan-dev] Sources unbuildable on Devuan
Olaf,

On Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 08:17:03PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> Based on the thread content, I get the distinct impression that that
> Build-Depends: is really a "Build-Configure-Depends:" where the project
> uses autoconf, CMake or similar with a bit of code to check for the
> presence of systemd related header files and/or libraries.


Yes that is true and is supported by the fact that 75/111 package can be made to
compile by adding the pkg-config sytemd file.

> If it doesn't do either of those and bombs partway through the build,
> that'd be a bug, in my dictionary.


I agree as well. However, persuading some people in Debian that that is the case
is a different issue.

Mark