On 09/07/09 at 11:41 +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote: > Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > On 08/07/09 at 22:57 +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote: > >> Hi Lucas, > >> > >> Thanks for your work. But the alternative to libboost1.37-dev: > >> libboost-dev is available since May, so it should have been available > >> during your rebuild in June too. I don't know, why the package failed to > >> build, but it doesn't fail here. I'm going to close this report. If you > >> still observe the problem, please reopen your report. > > > > Hi Daniel, > > > > (note that messages sent to the bug number aren't sent to the submitter. > > You should Cc the submitter in such cases). > > JFTR: It was sent to -done, which AFAIK automatically sends a note to the > submitter. Did this change recently?
It does, but your mail is then buried as a MIME attachement, so it's easy to miss it. Usually, my mental heuristic is "closed + no Cc -> OK". > > Alternatives in build-dependencies are not supported by sbuild, > > Use the -C switch. Further this behavior is violating the Debian Policy > section > 7.1. You might file a bug report with severity "normal", but not a serious > bug. > The alternative package is available and has to be used accordingly to the > policy: > > "[..] the package names listed may also include lists of alternative package > names, separated by vertical bar (pipe) symbols |. In such a case, if any one > of the alternative packages is installed, that part of the dependency is > considered to be satisfied. [..]" The point is to behave like the buildds. Buildds don't use -C alternatives AFAIK. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
