Re: Sources with missing dependencies
Michelle Konzack wrote:
> dpkg-buildpackage ...
> ----8<--------------------------------------------
>
> and now it stops, because missing build dependencies.
>
> Now two quesions:
>
> 1) What should I do in such situation?
>
> Write a BUG report against the package ?
Yes, please file a bug against the package with severity "grave". If
the package can be built on sid, but not on sarge, then also tag the bug
"sarge". Which package, by the way?
> 2) How does buildd handel such situation?
If a package can't be compiled on the buildd then usually the package
maintainer will get an FTBFS bug filed by the buildd maintainer. In
some corner cases, it's possible that a package will compile on a buildd
but not with "apt-get build-dep" etc., because sbuild (the core buildd
program) has an implementation of dependencies different from APT's.
It's also possible that a package will compile in sid but not in sarge,
because the sarge testing scripts don't check build-deps.
regards,
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