Re: build failure on sparc

[Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org>]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 03:57:21PM +0100, Tommaso Moroni wrote:

> > > while on the other archs the package was built correctly.
> > > What's the problem?
> > 
> >   Does your package build-depend upon xlibs-dev?
> 
> Ehm... no!
> 
> I still cannot understand why it could be built on the other archs.

  It does seem strange, maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree.

> Also, how could I find "missing" build-dep like this without wasting buildd time?

  The ideal thing to do in this case would be to look at the config.log
 which will show you exactly why the ./configure script couldn't find
 X.

  If you have access to a host you could perform a manual build there
 and try it out.

  If not add a 'cat config.log' into the debian/rules and wait for
 it to be rebuilt.

> I mean, I use pbuilder to find the minimum build-deps required for a package, and 
> those specified for knights seemed enough because it compiled correctly.
> Am I missing something? (I surely am, but I cannot see where! :)

  I can't either .. maybe just the configure script is doing something
 strange on sparc.

Steve
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