Bug#374029: Build-Depends{,-Indep} as defined is not useful and not followed
On Sat, Sep 01, 2012 at 12:05:56PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> writes:
>
> > The problematic hook is the following:
>
> > + This split allows binary-only builds to not install the
> > + dependencies required for the <tt>build-indep</tt>
> > + target and skip any resource-intensive build tasks that
> > + are only required when building architecture-independent
> > + binary packages.
>
> > If you follow this recommendation, your package will potentially FTBFS due to
> > missing build-dependency on the buildd, unless it has been fixed.
> > I do not think this has seen real life testing at this stage.
>
> Ah! Yes. I understand your point now. However, this does work and is
> tested, as Jonathan pointed out.
>
> I can pull out just this part of the language if we need to (it's only a
> rephrasing of language that's already there, not new language, but I do
> pull out the footnote saying that it doesn't work properly), but I'd
> rather not. I think it's already working.
Well, if there have been real life testing then I lift my objection.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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