Re: [FINALLY]: Mutt-1.4-1 package ready

["Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at syncretize dot net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Cygwin-Apps" <cygwin-apps@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 11:59 AM
Subject: RE: [FINALLY]: Mutt-1.4-1 package ready


> > Also, libintl2 requires libiconv2, so he should only need to depend on
> > libintl2.  Similarly, libncurses6 requires terminfo, so he should only
> > need to depend on libncurses6.
> >
>
> http://cygwin.com/setup.html#setup.hint recommends this:
>
> "Hierarchical dependencies should work correctly, however, it is best to
always
> include specific dependencies, i.e. don't drop 'bar' from your dependency
list
> if your package requires it, even if you are including 'foo' which relies
on
> 'bar'."

Read it more closely! That paragraph describes the following -direct-
dependency case:

package: foo bar
foo: bar

but.. the mutt situation is (truncated)
mutt: libncurses6
libncurses6: terminfo

so listing terminfo IS incorrect, unless a -direct- dependency exists.

Rob