Bug#481924: debootstrap: Should install build-essential in buildd variant
Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> writes:
> On Monday 19 May 2008, Mike Hommey wrote:
>> The buildd variant currently installs Build-Essential: yes packages but
>> doesn't install build-essential, which dpkg-buildpackage expects to be
>> present.
>
> I've added this in debootstrap, but thinking about it a bit it seems that
> maybe it would be more logical to reassign this to build-essential and have
> that package add 'Build-Essential: yes' in its control file.
>
> What do others think?
I think it makes more sense since otherwise we wouldn't need to look
for that field and instead just install build-essential
package. However, it would be better to get a feedback from a buildd
admin how it looks for them and how would be the "Right Thing" to be
done.
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