Changeset 0023106 for introduction/important

Timestamp:

03/19/2023 12:17:01 PM (15 months ago)

Author:

Pierre Labastie <pierre.labastie@…>

Branches:

12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

dc133d43

Parents:

bb6209fc

Message:

Clarify the role of runtime deps in conventions

File:

• introduction/important/building-notes.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/important/building-notes.xml

@@ -453 +453 @@
         <para><emphasis>Required</emphasis> means that the target package
         cannot be correctly built without the dependency having first been
-        installed.</para>
+        installed, except if the dependency is said to be
+        <quote>runtime</quote>, which means the target package can be built but
+        cannot function without it.</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para><emphasis>Recommended</emphasis> means that BLFS strongly
-        suggests this package is installed first for a clean and trouble-free
+        suggests this package is installed first (except if said to be
+        <quote>runtime</quote>, see below) for a clean and trouble-free
         build, that won't have issues either during the build process, or at
         run-time.  The instructions in the book assume these packages are
         installed.  Some changes or workarounds may be required if these
-        packages are not installed.</para>
+        packages are not installed. If a recommended dependency is said
+        to be <quote>runtime</quote>, it means that BLFS strongly suggests
+        that this dependency is installed before using the package, for
+        getting full funtionality.</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>