Package: autopkgtest Version: 2.7 Severity: normal Hi!
When given a dsc to test, adt-run builds the source by calling "debian/rules build". On the buildd, however, dpkg-buildpackage is used which calls "debian/rules clean" first. For a significant number of packages, the clean target is used to decruft the package of generated artifacts or embedded copies of code. This is the simplest way of (a) using the upstream tarball as per strong encouragement in policy and (b) ensuring that embedded copies or pre-generated artifacts aren't used in the build. Whether this is strictly policy compliant has been debated for years; I suspect it's not in the interests of autopkgtest to force the opinion one way or the other. Running clean first costs adt-run little and will reduce the number of failures here. cheers Stuart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
