Re: [be] Setting up a remote repository returns an error

[Teus Benschop]

On Fri, 2011-07-08 at 23:23 -0600, Neil Mayhew wrote:
> On 2011-07-08 23:14, Teus Benschop wrote:
> > The package fails to configure if git is not present, because the 
> > presence of git is
> > felt to be crucial for bibledit operation.
> 
> Although this is inappropriate if the application isn't going to run on 
> the same machine that it's being built on. Requiring git to build it is 
> unnecessary, and doesn't ensure it will be present on the machine when 
> the application is run. Build dependencies should be exactly that.

Ok, what you say is true, and I must agree to it. So then, what is the
solution? Methinks, to drop the dependency for building, and to make it
a run-time check. Teus.