On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 07:14:49PM +1000, Mark Purcell wrote: > On Monday 25 May 2009 07:39:47 Eugen Dedu wrote: > > I think we should indeed remove the build-conflicts and remove from > > rules the test. This was probably useful long time ago, I do not think > > it is still applicable.
> Looking at the ubuntu changelog, it appears they tried just that and then > reverted back again: > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ptlib > So I suspect it isn't a good idea. I assume you're referring to this?: ptlib (2.6.1-0ubuntu4) jaunty; urgency=low * debian/control: restore the conflicts for the -dev packages, which are real and necessary. -- Steve Langasek <steve.langa...@ubuntu.com> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:43:15 +0000 That's about package conflicts, not build-conflicts. I have no idea whether there are self-build-conflicts that are necessary - though I certainly agree they're inelegant. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org