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Re: reporting FTBFS bugs



* Andreas Metzler [Thu, 27 May 2004 19:29:02 +0200]:
> On 2004-05-27 Adeodato Simó <asp16@alu.ua.es> wrote:
> [...]
> > 1. if a package fails in any buildd machine, thats a FTBFS bug per
> >    se, right?

> It is not necessarily a bug in the package, if that is what you are
> asking, some dependency might not be ready, the buildd might be
> broken (out of diskspace) or toolchain might be installed in a buggy
> version.

  yep, I thought it later.

> > 3. is it tracked anywhere (other than the bug report, non-existant
> >    in this case) if this is being worked on? Having a month
> >    passed, I'd assume that the maintainer isn't aware of this, but
> >    I really can't tell.

> Not that I am aware of. - You could check the archives of debian-arm.

  I looked there, and nothing.

> >     So I'm mainly asking if it is OK to file the bug myself, and if
> >     that should be reported elsewhere.

> Yes, it is ok, and the BTS is imho the correct place.

> >   TIA and sorry for the annoyance,

> no problem, there was no annoyance involved. ;-)

  ok, thanks!

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Adeodato Simó
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