Re: Bug#432499: libhtml-mason-perl: FTBFS: unmet build dep libapache-request-perl

[Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>]

* Charles Fry [Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:55:05 -0400]:

> Can somebody help me understand this. Is libapache-request-perl really
> scheduled for removal from unstable, and if so, how would I have been able
> to determine that on my own?

You would've find out by building the package in pbuilder, sbuild, or a
clean sid chroot. That is, by building the package with any method that
implies installing all the build-dependencies in an environment where
they're not previously installed. With that, installing libapache-request-perl
would have failed because libapache-mod-perl is not present in unstable
any more. That's how you notice. :-)

However, this does not help if you haven't uploaded a new package since
libapache-mod-perl got removed. Then, that's what Lucas' rebuilds of the
archive are for, among other things.

HTH,

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Adeodato Simó                                     dato at net.com.org.es
Debian Developer                                  adeodato at debian.org
 
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