On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 09:57:40PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog 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 ?

I'd say that this is indeed useless, but that's harmless too. I tend
to apply the patch anyway, maybe with a little warning message "you're
doing it wrong", or something.

Thanks for the patch anyway,
Mt.

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