Re: What does "QA Issue: ... rdepends on .. but its not a build dependency?" mean

[Alex J Lennon <ajlennon@dynamicdevices.co.uk>]

On 03/08/2014 14:25, Mike Looijmans wrote:
> I'm getting lots of warnings like this:
>
> """
> WARNING: QA Issue: enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-wirelesslan rdepends
> on wireless-tools but its not a build dependency? [build-deps]
> """
>
> What does it actually mean? What does it want me to provide here?
>
> The message in itself is correct. The package only has a runtime
> dependency. It does not require the wireless-tools package to be built
> or otherwise present on the build system. But what is the QA issue
> here and how do I get rid of the message?
>

Surely if package B has a non-optional runtime dependency on package A
then package A must be built and present on the target ?

> Apart from that, there's a spelling error in there (its -> it's)
> because it's "it's" when it's "it is" and it's "its" when it's its
> property.
>

It is a spelling error in a superficial sense perhaps, but at a deeper
level I suspect it is more accurately characterised as a grammatical error.

Perhaps somebody was having trouble with string terminations and decided
to avoid trouble?

Cheers,

Alex