On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:52:06 +0100 Guillem Jover wrote: > severity 562964 important > thanks > > Hi! > > On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 11:43:12 -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > > package: bochs > > version: 2.4.2-1 > > severity: grave > > > > hi, the latest version of bochs fails to build because it lacks a > > dependency on docbook (which contains the dtd's needed during the build > > process). > > It should only fail locally and when you try to build only the arch-dep > packages w/o the Build-Depends-Indep installed (which already has > docbook-utils listed). On the buildd it's fine as they always install > the Build-Depends-Indep (this is the long standing issue with optional > build-arch/build-indep targets). I'm thus lowering the severity of the > report. > > Anyway, IIRC I noticed this some time ago, but forgot about it > probably because it was not causing much issues, I'll try to fix it > by only building the arch-indep packages when needed, for the next > upload.
thanks! its primarily an issue for end users since the build will fail if they only install the build-deps that 'apt-get build-deps' gives them (like i did), which would not be a good thing if that was to go into a stable release. mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
