Re: build: missing explicit dependency?

[Julien Rioux]

On 05/03/2013 11:07 AM, Francisco Vila wrote:
> 2013/3/3 James <address@hidden>:
> > On 2 March 2013 16:54, Francisco Vila <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Hello. When trying to build lilypond, I had to install the
> > > texlive-metapost package which the autogen.sh did not ask for. Is this
> > > a flaw of the config process?
>
> > Well when I follow the NR to install the software to compile LP the
> > builddep-lilypond seems to contain this
>
> NR? you mean CG
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/contributor/requirements-for-compiling-lilypond
> What is the builddep-lilypond and why do we link to ubuntu? Sorry, I
> don't understand.
>
> > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/lilypond
> >
> > I am not sure what Linux Dist you are using but did you follow the NR or are
> > you getting the parts in a different way.
>
> I tried not to install any package that weren't required and therefore
> I installed only what config took as enough to start compiling. After
> issuing 'make' it did fail for a missing package not listed explicitly
> by autogen.sh
>
> Yes, CG does lists metapost. But this peckage was not auto-installed
> as a dependency from other previous packages.

I agree that this looks like something that the configure script should 
have caught. Thanks for reporting it, we should open an issue for it.

--
Julien