severity 395272 important thanks On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 12:43:38AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Package: libspork-perl > Version: 0.20-1 > Severity: serious > Justification: pseudo-FTBFS (causes extremely long builds) + possible > copyright issues > Tags: patch
> During a rebuild of all packages in etch, I discovered that your package > required internet access during the build. Quoting #393900: > Accessing the network during build is bad for these reasons: > - It's a privacy concern: without being asked, some information about > the system is being sent to a remote host; > - It should be possible to autobuild the package on a buildd with no > network access. > - The test has a high probability to fail lateron because of the > referenced host (temporarily) disappearing. > It seems to call wget to download > http://search.cpan.org/s/img/cpan_banner.png (this might raise copyright > issues as well). First, this is not a copyright issue. Downloading a file that is made available on a public website is not a copyright infringement. Distributing it in the *binary package* could be, but I don't think that's happening here. Second, in light of your explanations in 395262, I think your problem here is a misconfigured network/host more than anything. Yes, packages should build without network access; but your build environment isn't simply lacking in network access, it has working DNS and global network routes and a firewall which *silently* blocks outbound HTTP traffic. You can solve this problem for yourself simply by instating a firewall rule that REJECTs outbound HTTP requests instead of just DROPping them. The prohibition on depending on the network during a build is not meant to extend to builds *trying* to access the network, which is what these packages are doing and what your network configuration penalizes them for. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
