Re: RFS: evolvotron (graphics)

[Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr>]

Hi, Frank!

Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> wrote:

> Note that there is one advantage of pbuilder: When you compile in a
> pbuilder environment, you know that there are no packages installed
> beside the base ones installed by debbootstrap and build-essential. So
> you know when you make it install the packages in your Build-Depends
> line and it does compile, that this line is correct and sufficient.

This has a fairly high probability, but is not true in all cases,
because debootstrap does not install only essential packages (nor does
it install only essential + some build-essential packages). At least,
this is what I understand from #154528.

> If you compile on your sid machine, you never know what's left from a
> previous build of an other package, or simply because you installed it
> to ease your work. 

Quite right, pbuilder is much more reliable to test one's Build-Depends.

-- 
Florent