Re: build-indep and buildd

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>, 2012-02-01, 12:52:
> > Could someone please gives an update on the status of build-indep 
> > target and buildd machine ? I am using the following pattern (as per 
> > dh documentation):
> >
> >               #!/usr/bin/make -f
> >               %:
> >                       dh $@
> >
> >               override_dh_auto_build-indep:
> >                       $(MAKE) -C docs
> >
> >               # No tests needed for docs
> >               override_dh_auto_test-indep:
> >
> > However buildd machine are still running -indep target. I'd like to 
> > test my package first on my local machine to mimic what would a buildd 
> > machine do (I cant find the dpkg-buildpackage command line option used 
> > for buildd)
>
> I would make sure you are Build-Depending upon a new enough debhelper; 
> some versions were buggy until recently. The earliest non-broken 
> version is 8.9.10, though at this point >= 9 is probably best.

But that of course won't help, as dpkg-buildpackage doesn't use 
build-indep.

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Jakub Wilk