On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 03:28:03PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 07:55:54PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Can you point me to the exact section of policy where it's specified > > that the source package of an arch: all package must include a complete > > list of build dependencies in either of the Build-Depends-Indep: or > > Build-Depends: fields of the control file? I'm looking at section 7.6 > > of Debian Policy version 3.5.6.0 (the latest release, AFAIK), which > > reads: > I seem to remember that a *missing* build-depends did not break policy, > but an including an incorrect/incomplete build-depends did (typically > because it would prevent autobuilders from building the package for > other architectures). It's been pointed out on IRC that the relevant section of policy is 2.4.2. Cheers, Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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