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Re: buildinfo.debian mit debhelper ?



Joey Hess writes:
> Adam P. Harris wrote:
> > I have.  Some packages require specific versions of supporting
> > packages.  Since we don't have source depends,
> > /usr/doc/<pkg>/buildinfo.Debian files are a useful thing.
> 
> Buildinfo files are in binaryt packages. What does that have to do with
> source packages?

Perhaps not everybody wants to rebuild from the debian source package,
but compile a newer upstream version for personal use or installation
into /usr/local. Then the buildinfo in /usr/doc/<pkg> would be useful.


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