On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 04:45:28PM +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote: > On 8/22/05, Manoj Srivastava va, manoj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The end goal is not just to have packages built on the > > buildd -- and important goal for Debian, certainly, but not the only > > one we have. As promoters of free software, we also are committed to > > have packages build for our users, in a "real" environment, not just > > a sterile, controlled. artificial "debian specific test" > > environment. > > If the two builds result in (significantly) different packages > wouldn't that be a bug?
Yes, but not one that we are likely to detect. (Not unless somebody plans to run mass-rebuilds with random other packages installed, for example.) An example: my latest Xpdf package won't compile if libstroke0-dev is installed, because libstroke0-dev provides dud autoconf macros (also my bug). Hence it build-conflicts until I fix that other package. A nice clean chroot wouldn't find this problem, but it would confuse anyone trying to rebuild xpdf who did have that other package installed (as it did me!). Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]