[pacman-dev] [PATCH] add makedepends to package and database

[Xyne]

> > Can someone give some concrete examples of how this could be useful in
> > the absence of the other packaging information and who would be likely
> > to use this?
> 
> Maybe "built" was too strong of a word... what I was trying to say:
> You can see, somewhat, what was enabled at build time, to see what
> things support, in some cases.

Sorry if it's a noobish question, but can you give some example of when
that info might be useful? I can't think of anything practical at the
moment that would rely on knowing the makedepends but not the rest of
it, at least not in the pacman database.