[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3735] [bug] Openssl transitive dependency to libexplain (minor)

Joey Yandle via RT rt at openssl.org
Sat Mar 7 19:10:39 UTC 2015


>     Tardy is referenced in the openssl Makefile tar rule, which is there
>     the dependency manifests.
>
> Surely you build your packages from the release tar balls? That means
> that this rule is never used.
>

Many package managers (including debian's, depending on the mode in 
which it is run) will unpack a tarball, run 'make dist' on it, and then 
build the resulting tarball.  In those cases, tardy is properly a build 
dependency.




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