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Re: Bug#328951: Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)



On 18-Sep-2005, Christoph Berg wrote:
>  	    <p>
> -	      There is no Build-Depends-Arch; the autobuilders will
> -	      only need the Build-Depends if they know how to build
> -	      only build-arch and binary-arch.  Anyone building the
> +	      Build-Depends is essentially "Build-Depends-Arch";
> +	      the autobuilders will only need the Build-Depends since they
> +	      only use build-arch and binary-arch.  Anyone building the
>  	      build-indep/binary-indep targets is basically assumed to
>  	      be building the whole package and so installs all build
>  	      dependencies.

That substitutes one confusion for another (since it no longer
disclaims the existence of Build-Depends-Arch). I'd suggest this:

    There is no Build-Depends-Arch; this role is essentially met with
    Build-Depends, since the autobuilders only use build-arch and
    binary-arch. Anyone building the [...]

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Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au>

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