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Re: Build-Depends-Indep and packages with architecture all



Frank Küster wrote:
> In the original package's control file, there is a line of
> Build-Depends-Indep, but no Build-Depends. Does this make sense for a
> source package that has no architecture dependent binary packages at
> all? Why not just use Build-Depends here and use Build-Depends-Indep
> only when a source package yields both kinds of binary packages?
If you hadn't asked here, I'd be inclined to think that you're looking for
something beyond "because that's what policy tells you to do" (in the section on
debian/rules)...

Cheers

T.

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