On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 08:47:12AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > On 18-Sep-2005, Christoph Berg wrote: > > <p> > > - There is no Build-Depends-Arch; the autobuilders will > > - only need the Build-Depends if they know how to build > > - only build-arch and binary-arch. Anyone building the > > + Build-Depends is essentially "Build-Depends-Arch"; > > + the autobuilders will only need the Build-Depends since they > > + only use build-arch and binary-arch. Anyone building the > > build-indep/binary-indep targets is basically assumed to > > be building the whole package and so installs all build > > dependencies. > > That substitutes one confusion for another (since it no longer > disclaims the existence of Build-Depends-Arch). I'd suggest this: > > There is no Build-Depends-Arch; this role is essentially met with > Build-Depends, since the autobuilders only use build-arch and > binary-arch. Anyone building the [...]
But it is not the case either, autobuilders use dpkg-buildpackage -B, which call 'build' and 'binary-arch', and do not use 'build-arch' because it does not know if it is available. This is a bug I try to fix for several years, and I have a faint hope to achieve this in 2006. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
