[pacman-dev] Explicit (opt)deps for makepkg.

[Allan McRae]

On 19/07/10 06:24, Xyne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think the pacman package should explicitly list makepkg's optional
> dependencies, instead of simply assuming the presence of base and
> base-devel.

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> 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.

The dependencies for makepkg are given at the top of makepkg itself.  If 
any are missing, provide a patch or file a bug report.

Allan