On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 11:37:53PM +0200, Eric Pozharski wrote: > Hence the problem; Sometimes I FTBFS some package -- because > Build-Depends either misses some package or lacks explicitly set > relation. > > FTBFS itself doesn't make problem for me (each time I'd managed to > figure out a block and workaround it manually). I still can't decide -- > should (would? could?) I bugreport this? > > Look, I admit that I build unusual way. Maybe it's not the problem? > (I've solved that twice today, that's why I post.) The most foolproof way of testing whether the package in question builds in pbuilder. pbuilder starts with a clean chroot, downloads the build dependencies, installs them and then copies and builds your package in that clean environment. If the package you suspect fails to build on a pbuilder environment, then that most likely points to a serious bug. You can find the documentation of pbuilder here: http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/software/pbuilder-doc/pbuilder-doc.html Hope this helps; else please tell me if I have misunderstood something. Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah
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