Re: buildd and virtual (build) dependencies :(((

[jmarant@nerim.net (Jérôme Marant)]

Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:

> Hello everyone, 

Hello,

> I just got mail from James Troup, telling me that the buildd has problem
> with us using virtual packages as build depends, and asking me to stop
> doing this.
>
> I have asked him for more info on this, and we will see if it really is
> a problem or not, and if we need to find a better solution.
>
> Anyway, this is just for build depends, not for normal depends, and i
> guess we may be able to build depend on normal packages only, i will
> have a look at it.
>
> Anyway, this will only cause problems in the transition phases, like the
> one we did just have, or maybe the 3.06->3.07 one.

Well, it is currently a problem because we all depend on ocaml-3.06 which
is a virtual package. I also use ocaml-source-3.06 for cameleon.

I'm waiting for your additional information.

Cheers,

-- 
Jérôme Marant

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