Re: Test suites after build and Build-Depends.
* Charles Plessy [Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:53:59 +0900]:
> Dear all,
> I packaged a lot programs that have a test suite, and realised that,
> in order to run it after build, the dependancies of the binary package
> produced must be present as well.
I think you've brought up this in the past already, and I pointed out
(as I will now) that this mostly affects software written in interpreted
languages, since when compiling, the resulting Dependencies are probably
already installed.
> - Information is duplicated between Build-Depends: and the binary packages's
> Depends: field.
If this really, really annoys you, you can always use debian/control.in
pin a way that's allowed to be used).
Cheers,
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