Re: Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper, utilizing it in debian/rules clean
Andreas Metzler <ametzler@logic.univie.ac.at> writes:
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 03:47:08PM +0100, Roland Stigge wrote:
>> consider #216747, where a package declares "Build-Depends-Indep:
>> debhelper" and uses e.g. dh_clean in the debian/rules clean target.
>> Build-Depends-Indep is defined to be satisfied in the build,
>> build-indep, binary and binary-indep targets, but not in clean.
>
>> For the main distribution, "grep Build-Depends-Indep .../Sources|grep
>> debhelper|wc -l" results in 1871 packages. I didn't check all of them
>> but I doubt that many of them also declare "Build-Depends: debhelper" or
>> don't use dh_clean in the clean target. So >>1000 source packages seem
>> to behave like the package in #216747.
> [...]
>
> I think you are overestimating the issue. Contrary to policy the
> buildds do not install Build-Depends-Indep when running
> debian/rules build so these bugs are found fast.
*cough* What about Architecture: all?
I've written a lintian check for this issue, see #214231.
Marc
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