* Santiago Vila: > retitle 819308 libguestfs: Build-Depends on linux-image (?) > severity 819308 normal > thanks > > Ok, I think this is fixed in unstable, but the issue about > build-dependencies on linux-image remains. > > If there is a compelling reason why this package really needs to > build-depend on linux-image-*, please write a debian/README.source > explaining it.
linux-image-* is needed to be able to run the tests which involves firing up qemu and a minimal system. This is currently only done on i386, amd64. I don't recall any other reason for the build dependency at the moment. Cheers, -Hilko
