Source: curl Version: 7.47.0-1 Tags: patch User: [email protected] Usertags: rebootstrap
Dear curl maintainers, as you may know, curl is needed to boostrtap a minimal Debian system (via apt and gnupg). Thus it needs to be cross buildable. This is currently not possible, because its Build-Depends are not even satisfiable. It seems that three dependencies are relevant here: * stunnel4 is currently requested for the host architecture, because stunnel4 is not marked M-A:foreign and it is not clear that marking it M-A:foreign is correct. Fortunately, stunnel4 is only used by curl for testing, so we can employ the <!nocheck> build profile and stop caring. * In a similar vein, openssh-server is only used for testing. Even though it is already M-A:foreign, we can thus reduce the installation set by also marking it with <!nocheck>. * python is M-A:allowed, so simply saying Build-Depends: python gets you the host architecture python, which cannot be run during build. However, curl only uses python as a build tool, so we need to explicitly request it for the build architecture by annotating it with :native. I am attaching a patch that addresses all of the points above. With my patch applied, installing curl's Build-Depends becomes feasible. For making it cross buildable, you also need to fix #812965. Helmut
diff --minimal -Nru curl-7.47.0/debian/changelog curl-7.47.0/debian/changelog --- curl-7.47.0/debian/changelog 2016-01-27 12:47:52.000000000 +0100 +++ curl-7.47.0/debian/changelog 2016-03-13 15:43:30.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +curl (7.47.0-1.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Improve cross Build-Depends satisfiability: (Closes: #-1) + + Mark test dependency with <!nocheck> profile + + Mark python dependency with :native + + -- Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Mar 2016 15:41:55 +0100 + curl (7.47.0-1) unstable; urgency=high * New upstream release diff --minimal -Nru curl-7.47.0/debian/control curl-7.47.0/debian/control --- curl-7.47.0/debian/control 2016-01-27 12:47:52.000000000 +0100 +++ curl-7.47.0/debian/control 2016-03-13 15:43:42.000000000 +0100 @@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ libssh2-1-dev, libssl-dev, libtool, - openssh-server, - python, + openssh-server <!nocheck>, + python:native, quilt, - stunnel4, + stunnel4 <!nocheck>, zlib1g-dev Build-Conflicts: autoconf2.13, automake1.4 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
