Alex King <alex@king.net.nz> (2018-01-28): > > Also, build/README contains this: > > | Recipe: > > | - Install the build-dependencies on the host system > > | (run dpkg-checkbuilddeps in the parent installer/ directory). > > | - Create your own sources.list.udeb.local, otherwise the build host's > > | sources.list is taken as a template for sources.list.udeb. > > | - Run "make" to get a list of available targets. > > | - Build an image using one of the build_ targets (build_netboot, > > | all_build, etc). You may want to set the USE_UDEBS_FROM variable, > > | documented below. > > | - Look in dest/ for the completed images. > > > > and the documentation of USE_UDEBS_FROM points to debian/rules already. > > > > > > Cheers, > Yes, I was following those instructions. > > How about this? > > Thanks, > Alex > diff --git a/build/README b/build/README > index 90b73bcc0..76b31f706 100644 > --- a/build/README > +++ b/build/README > @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Recipe: > - Run "make" to get a list of available targets. > - Build an image using one of the build_ targets (build_netboot, > all_build, etc). You may want to set the USE_UDEBS_FROM variable, > - documented below. > + documented below. (Setting USE_UDEBS_FROM is requried for building a > + released version, e.g. stable or oldstable) Maybe “You may want to set” is too gentle a hint; also, that doesn't only apply to stable, or oldstable. You probably “should” be setting it unless you know better. But no, that's not strictly required. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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