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Re: Incomplete build depends on binary-all packages



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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