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Re: Testing migration doesn't check build-depends?



Hello Kevin,

* 2008-05-07 01:38, Kevin B. McCarty wrote:
> paw 1:2.14.04.dfsg.2-4 has just migrated to testing, but it
> Build-Depends on debhelper (>= 6.0.12) while debhelper in testing is
> still only 6.0.11.  So paw in testing would now FTBFS if an attempt was
> made to rebuild it there.
> 
> Is this normal behavior?  Sorry if this is an FAQ or something.  Seems to
> be related to #145257 but I find it surprising that hasn't been fixed by
> now.

Yes, this is normal behaviour: britney (the testing migration script)
doesn't check build-dependencies. I don't know if it is release-team
intention to change this in the future or not, but it is how it's working
right now.

Regards,

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Fabio Tranchitella                         http://www.kobold.it
Free Software Developer and Consultant     http://www.tranchitella.it
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