On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 12:43:13PM -0800, Tom Stellard wrote:
> > No, in that case gcc needs to Require: gas, because it is a
run-time
> > dependency of that package.
> >
> > CMake will still work if make is not installed. Packages that use
> > cmake + Ninja should require those packages, and packages that use
> > cmake + make should require those packages too.
>
> I don't choose either. I just run cmake and it chooses what to
> use as it's default build tool. If I told it to use a specific
> build tool then I would see your point, but for the default one
> it seems reasonable that it should require it as it has made
> the decision to use it.
>
Ok, I think this is a fair point especially after the f33 change were we are
now using cmake --build and cmake --install instead of invoking make
directly.
The only issue is if cmake changes make to be a weak dependency can we still
rely on this? Do brew builds automatically install weak dependencies?
If the change was automated and you did not have to do anything would you
still be opposed to having your spec files updated with BuildRequires: make
Well, gcc really should have either weak or strong dependency on make too
given that -flto is now used everywhere.
Jakub