Hi, Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org> (23/02/2011): > From: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org> > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:14:56 +0000 > Subject: [PATCH] Document restrictions on alternative build dependencies > > The Debian autobuilders only make use of the first alternative > in a set of alternatives, in order to guarantee consistent, > reproducible builds. This does not include architecture > restrictions, because architecture reduction takes place before > alternative removal. Alternatives are therefore allowed, and > hence useful for backports and other distributions, but are not > used by default. > --- > policy.sgml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) thanks, I like the idea. (Adding Steve to Cc since he'll probably want to chime in.) Tiny question: you say it eases backports. But then backports get autobuilt on debian buildds, so will likely use the same set of packages as say unstable, if build-depends aren't changed specifically for the backports. So I'm not exactly sure it actually eases anything. KiBi.
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