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Re: Bits from the autopkgtest maintainer



On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 11:22:23PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>, 2014-02-27, 17:38:
> >Tests can now depend on "@builddeps@" which expands to the source
> >package's build dependencies. This is useful if you have many
> >build dependencies which are only necessary for running the test
> >suite and you don't want to replicate them in the test Depends:.
> 
> I advise to never use @builddeps@. It's a great way to shoot
> yourself in the foot. :\

would you ellaborate?

-- 
Antonio Terceiro <terceiro@debian.org>

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