Damien Raude-Morvan wrote: > Le lundi 27 juillet 2009 23:59:25, Max Bowsher a écrit : >> Hi, > > Hi Max, > > Thanks for your bug report. > >> As your package does not build GCJ native code, please amend your >> Build-Depends from default-jdk-builddep to default-jdk. >> >> This will allow GCJ to not be pulled in at build-time on architectures >> or distros where GCJ is not the default-jdk. > > I've seen your mail [1] on debian-java regarding choice between default-jdk- > builddep and default-jdk. To my knownledge, your position haven't reached > consensus and is not reflected in Debian Java Policy. > > In Debian, default-jdk-builddep package [2] as exactly the same dependency > chain as default-jdk [3] : (gcj-jdk). > On Ubuntu, default-jdk is openjdk-6-jdk and default-jdk-builddep is default- > jdk + gcj-jdk > > At the moment, your issue is more a disagrement on Java Policy between Debian > > and Ubuntu. > > I would prefer to : > - wait for a new Debian Java Policy (after Debconf9 ?) > - resync Debian and Ubuntu Java Policy about default-* packages > - fix Build-Depends on all packages [4] > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2009/07/msg00013.html > [2] http://packages.debian.org/sid/default-jdk-builddep > [3] http://packages.debian.org/sid/default-jdk > [4] 31 packages use default-jdk-builddep in unstable
You are correct that this issue is sadly undocumented in Debian Java Policy. However, I feel that comments by Matthias Klose, as uploader of the java-common source in Debian, in bugs such as http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526273 - specifically "default-jdk-builddep should be used if the package builds native code built with gcj." provide adequate justification of the intent of default-jdk-builddep vs. default-jdk in Debian. Note that the bug referenced above was part of a mass bug filing: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-j...@lists.debian.org&tag=jgc-vdep Also, the changelog of the java-common version which introduced default-* packages says: "Build-depending on default-jdk-builddep ensures a dependency on java-gcj-compat-dev even if the default jdk is another than java-gcj-compat-dev." Thanks, Max.
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