Bug#1029448: Debian package for Alire 1.2.1
OK, after a little struggling I managed to build the package (notably,
git@github.com:alire-project/alire.git requires permissions which I
don't have, used https://github.com/alire-project/alire.git).
During the build I noticed that alire pulls and recompiles several
libraries it depends on. This violates Debian policy; a Debian package
must never duplicate another. I notice gnatcoll and xmlezout among the
dependencies that are already packaged for Debian. There may be others
I didn't see.
Therefore, please update the packaging of alire to build-depend on these
existing packages and not to recompile them from source.
I have filed bug #1029448 to track the introduction of alire into
Debian. A Debian bug is also a dedicated, public mailing list: in this
case, 1029448@bugs.debian.org.
--
Ludovic Brenta.
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