Hi Michael,

Michael Banck [2007-07-03 16:06 +0200]:
> Use case: package build, test suite fails.  Re-run binary-arch target
> with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck, binary-predeb/postgresql-8.2 fails
> because the patch has been already applied:

Thanks for catching this, I'll fix that.

> On a related note, why is the test suite run at that point and not prior
> to the install target, as part of the main build?  You wouldn't the
> patching at all then, as the build target is run as the regular user.

That was exactly why I introduced that hack: on many buildds (at that
time at least), build was run as fakeroot as well, so the root check
prevented the test suite from being run. Maybe that changed nowadays?

Martin

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