Hello, Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> (2015-05-28): > Source: libdebian-installer > Version: 0.100 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > User: helmutg@debian.org > Usertags: rebootstrap > > You may be aware that libdebian-installer is considered transitively > build-essential. I wasn't. > In practise, this means that it needs to be cross > buildable. The most recent upload of version 0.100 added a new build > dependency on check. The usage of check can already be disabled by > setting DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck, which helps with cross building. > However it still requires check to be installed and thus cross built. > This can be avoided by marking the dependency as optional by adding a > "<!nocheck>" build profile[1] to it. The nocheck profile is meant to > complement DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck on the dependency level. > > To avoid confusion here, I note that the nocheck profile is in not > related to the package check specifically. > > Thanks for considering > > Helmut > > [1] https://wiki.debian.org/BuildProfileSpec How stable is this spec, and how much is that syntax supported by Debian's tools/infra? Mraw, KiBi.
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