{"action":"reopened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda-build/issues/899","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda-build","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda-build/issues/899/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda-build/issues/899/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda-build/issues/899/events","html_url":"https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/899","id":151130165,"number":899,"title":"dependencies (requirements) not installed when source/ is empty","user":{"login":"brentp","id":1739,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1739?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/brentp","html_url":"https://github.com/brentp","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brentp/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brentp/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brentp/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brentp/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brentp/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brentp/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brentp/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brentp/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brentp/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":17,"created_at":"2016-04-26T13:09:40Z","updated_at":"2016-05-10T15:38:23Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I have some recipes where I put everything in `pre-link.sh` so there is no source. However, the stuff in `pre-link.sh` has requirements. Those do not get built without a source section. \r\n\r\nIs it possible to force the install of the requirements even without source? And/or is there a way to get around this other than putting a small token download into source/fn ?"}}