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On 11/20/2007 10:52 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 12:18 +0100, Esben Haabendal wrote:
>> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:46:53 +0000, Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 07:36 +0100, Esben Haabendal wrote:
>>>> Not having looked at the details of this bug, it seems like a good
>>>> example of how more host dependency creep into OE.
>>>>
>>>> I think it raises two questions:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Where do we want the balance between dependency on host installed
>>>> libraries and tools vs. OE provided -native packages?
>>>>
>>>> 2. How can we better handle or track the actual host dependency of
>>>> current OE?
>>>>
>>>> The current situation is that some (maybe even most) host dependencies
>>>> are discussed on the RequiredSoftware  and OEandYourDistro pages. They
>>>> are clearly not up-to-date and comments in bugzilla such as the one
>>>> below are a bit harder to find.
>>> Dependencies needed from the host system are those listed in
>>> ASSUME_PROVIDED. If its not listed in ASSUME_PROVIDED, OE shouldn't need
>>> it. If it needs something not listed, that is a bug.
>> Why are we then closing bugs with arguments such as "just install XXX on your host"?
> 
> They shouldn't be being closed with that IMO...

I apologize for closing that bug prematurely. I updated the 
OEandYourDistro->Debian/Ubuntu part in the wiki.

Gordon