Re: building packages only for ports

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>]

On 13/11/2025 10:40, Paul Gevers wrote:
> Hi Jeremy, ftp-masters,
>
> On 11/13/25 02:01, Jeremy Bícha wrote:
> > Is it possible and practical for a Debian source package like
> > webp-pixbuf-loader to build binary packages only for Debian ports?
>
>
> I'm not sure, I'm wondering what dak does with sources without binaries.
> I think it will show up on the cruft report [1] and has the risk of
> being removed. However, I think these cruft removals are still manual
> and the cruft reporting tool could be taught to not list this source.
> Maybe ftp-master can answer the question?

I was thinking the same thing. Otherwise, you could build it everywhere and file 
an RC bug to prevent testing migration.

Cheers,
Emilio