Re: build-indep and buildd

[Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>]

On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 12:18:00PM +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>   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.

To test outside a buildd, run "dpkg-buildpackage -b" to check that it's
working correctly in addition to plain dpkg-buildpackage.


Regards,
Roger

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