[Slackbuilds-users] Please list all direct dependencies as dependencies

Shahab Vahedi list+sbo at vahedi.org
Tue Apr 28 19:05:32 UTC 2026


Alexander Grotewohl wrote:
> Fellype wrote:
>> [...]
>> Dependency tree:
>> system/fwupd (update for version 1.9.34)
>>  libraries/protobuf-c (ok)
>>    development/protobuf3 (ok)
>>      development/abseil-cpp (ok)
>
> Probably best to think of dependencies as opaque.
> fwupd requires protobuf-c, not broken protobuf-c that didn't get updated. That'd be slackrepo's responsibility. Or yours.

I think what he's saying is that "protobuf-c" should list "abseil-cpp" as its dependencies.
Currently, protobuf-c only lists protobuf3 as dependency [1] which seems to be not the whole picture.


-Shahab

[1]
https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/libraries/protobuf-c/


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