Hi, I think the pacman package should explicitly list makepkg's optional dependencies, instead of simply assuming the presence of base and base-devel. Using a minimal 32-bit chroot, the only way to keep it minimal is to try to run makepkg and then track down each dependency-related error one by one until it completes. There is no reason to install a huge group when only a few of those packages are actually required (e.g. "file" from "base") and doing so simply leads to unnecessary downloads and chroot pollution. The shotgun approach to package installation for makepkg has always struck me as unminimalistic. I understand that the omission of explicit dependencies is seen as "simple" by some, but that's probably how the huge DE devs view their dep chains too. Maybe "base-devel" could encompass all hard dependencies of makepkg and nothing more, and then be listed as an optdep for makepkg. Packages that require anything beyond that should list the additional (build) deps explicitly. Thoughts? Regards, Xyne