Re: Network access during build
On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Vincent Bernat wrote:
> One of the package that I maintain (python-asyncssh) makes a DNS request
> during build and expects it to fail. Since Policy 4.9 forbids network
> access (in a rather confusing wording "may not"), I got this serious
> bug:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=830568
Whatever policy reads, I don't think it is appropriate for something
outside the build environment to affect the build, even if the only
affect is to make the build fail. The right solution sounds like cwrap
to me.
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