Re: Question about build dependencies.
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:38:35AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>
> On 17-Dec-2001 Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a question about build time dependencies for
> > a package. The question was rized because I have now included
> > (same way as java-common) imports from cvs.debian.org in
> > the rules file. This means that to build the binary packages
> > you have to have anonymous cvs access to cvs.debian.org. Is this
> > a policy violation?
> >
>
> How do you expect an autobuilder to compile the package? What about someone who
> slurps in Debian sources and builds off the network? Assuming constant network
> connectivity is absolute, pure evil.
Ok. Should this be a lintian check? Test for cvs -d :pserver:...
in the rules file?
Regards,
// Ola
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