Re: compiling a Debian package

[Kumar Appaiah <a.kumar@alumni.iitm.ac.in>]

On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 05:18:14AM +0100, lee wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is it a bug that should be reported when a source package doesn't
> compile?  And how come that there is a binary package though it cannot
> be compiled?
> 
> 
> apt-get build-dep dvbcut
> apt-get source dvbcut
> cd dvbcut
> debuild -us -uc
> 
> 
> ... fails with a number of errors:

It depends. Which version of the compiler and libraries do you have
installed, and which version was used on the buildd? And is the
current version buildable in sid and wheezy? If so, it's may not be a
release critical bug, although it may still be a bug.

Please check these details (versions of packages, compiler etc.).

HTH.

Kumar
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