Bug#407479: classpath: dependency on libgconf2-4 and libidl0 necessary?

Michael Prokop mika at grml.org
Fri Jan 19 18:46:41 UTC 2007


* Michael Koch <konqueror at gmx.de> [20070118 22:32]:
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 08:35:48PM +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:

> > Is the new dependency on libgconf2-4 and libidl0 really necessary?
> > Sorry, I could not find the reason in the changelog of classpath,
> > or is it related to the 'Always build-depend on libxul-dev'?

> Sorry for the incomplete changelog entry.

> libgconf2-4 is used as backend for the java.util.preferences API.
> This way you can easily exchange preference settings with non java
> applications. libidl0 is just a dependency of libgconf2-4.

Ah, thanks for explaining.

> Please close this bug when the explanation is okay for you.

Jepp, thanks - done so.

regards,
-mika-
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