Re: source:Version and ancient dpkg-dev
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:26:31 +0100,
Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> wrote:
> We do our best to support partial upgrades, but supporting compilation
> of (testing/unstable) packages on machines which are running a partially
> upgraded olstable is not something we target.
>
I read the policy again and found my understanding of build dependency
was wrong. Build dependency must be satisfied when a package is built,
but the policy doesn't say a package must declare all the necessary
packages. I'm sorry for this noise.
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Oohara Yuuma <oohara@libra.interq.or.jp>
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