[Vmware-package-maintainers] Package vmware-package depends on build-essential

[Tuomas Jaakola]

Hi,

just a short notice that Debian package vmware-package needs also
package build-essential, so could the dependency be updated?

I got this error before I had to install build-essential package:

host:# make-vmpkg -rsudo -b ./vmware_deb -k 
VMware-player-2.0.2-59824.i386.tar.gz
  ===> debianizing /home/tj/stuff/VMware-player-2.0.2-59824.i386.tar.gz
  ===> detected product "player"
  ===> detected upstream version "2.0.2.59824"
  ===> md5sum check passed
  ===> vmware-package 0.21 build starting in 
./vmware_deb/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.2.59824.0.21.0
  ===> creating source package from /usr/share/vmware-package/vmware
mkdir -p ./vmware_deb/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.2.59824.0.21.0
cp -a /usr/share/vmware-package/vmware/* 
./vmware_deb/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.2.59824.0.21.0
cp /usr/share/doc/vmware-package/copyright 
./vmware_deb/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.2.59824.0.21.0/debian
cp /usr/share/vmware-package/changelog 
./vmware_deb/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.2.59824.0.21.0/debian
cp /usr/share/vmware-package/vmware.mk 
./vmware_deb/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.2.59824.0.21.0/debian
  ===> populating template values
sed -i         -e "s%@PRODUCT@%player%g"         -e 
"s%@TARBALL@%/home/tj/stuff/VMware-player-2.0.2-59824.i386.tar.gz%g" 
      -e "s%@PACKAGE@%vmware-player%g"         -e 
"s%@UPSTREAM_VERSION@%2.0.2.59824%g"         -e 
"s%@PACKAGE_VERSION@%2.0.2.59824.0.21.0%g"         -e 
"s%@DEB_VERSION@%0.21%g"         -e "s%@DISTRIBUTION@%UNRELEASED%g" 
     -e "s%@MAINTAINER@%root <root at localhost>%g"         -e 
"s%@TIMESTAMP@%`date -R`%g"         `find 
./vmware_deb/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.2.59824.0.21.0 -type f`
  ===> installing control files
cd ./vmware_deb/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.2.59824.0.21.0/debian && 
ln -sf control.player control
cd ./vmware_deb/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.2.59824.0.21.0/debian && 
ln -sf config.workstation config.player
  ===> symlinking distributed tarball
ln -sf /home/tj/stuff/VMware-player-2.0.2-59824.i386.tar.gz 
./vmware_deb/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.2.59824.0.21.0
  ===> starting package build
cd ./vmware_deb/vmware-player/vmware-player-2.0.2.59824.0.21.0 && 
dpkg-buildpackage -B -b -uc -rsudo
dpkg-buildpackage: warning: using a gain-root-command while being root
dpkg-buildpackage: source package vmware-player
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 2.0.2.59824.0.21.0
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by root <root at localhost>
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture i386
dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: build-essential
dpkg-buildpackage: warning: Build dependencies/conflicts unsatisfied; 
aborting.
dpkg-buildpackage: warning: (Use -d flag to override.)
  ===> error, exiting with return value 3

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