There are more uses for bootstrapping than just starting new ports.
-- 
Daniel Schepler

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 07 Feb 2014, Daniel Schepler wrote:
>> quilt is unfortunately still needed comparatively early in the Debian
>> bootstrap process, as for example python2.7 Build-Depends on it.  At
>> this stage of bootstrapping, lynx and especially hevea would be very
>> difficult to bootstrap on their own.  So, the attached patch makes it
>> possible to bootstrap the package without its docs, without hevea or
>> lynx installed.
>
> $ dpkg -s quilt|grep Archi
> Architecture: all
>
> Are you sure that quilt is relevant in the boot strapping process given
> that it's architecture all and thus already available when we start a new
> port ?
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer
>
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