I added the build dependency because my initial test build failed without it. I just asked upstream what caused this new build-dep and they claim "it's an indirect dependency of liblash I think". (the build-dep added was libreadline5-dev)
Here's the build log without the libreadline5-dev (I was trying tclreadline at the time as a means of fixing the 'cannot find -lreadline' error): http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26333516/buildlog_ubuntu-karmic-lpia.calf_0.0.18.4-0ubuntu1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz
So in short, the reason for the new build-dep is upstream requirements.
I added the build dependency because my initial test build failed without it. I just asked upstream what caused this new build-dep and they claim "it's an indirect dependency of liblash I think". (the build-dep added was libreadline5-dev)
Here's the build log without the libreadline5-dev (I was trying tclreadline at the time as a means of fixing the 'cannot find -lreadline' error): http:// launchpadlibrar ian.net/ 26333516/ buildlog_ ubuntu- karmic- lpia.calf_ 0.0.18. 4-0ubuntu1_ FAILEDTOBUILD. txt.gz
So in short, the reason for the new build-dep is upstream requirements.