Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.16.10
Severity: normal
User: [email protected]
Usertags: cross
There is an inconsistency between `dpkg-checkbuilddeps -a${arch}` and
`apt-get build-dep -a${arch}` behavior. Here we test on the source
package bash which Build-Depends on autoconf which is Multi-Arch: none.
$ dpkg-checkbuilddeps -aarmel
dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: libncurses5-dev sharutils time
$ apt-get build-dep -aarmel bash
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Build-Depends dependency for bash cannot be satisfied because the package
autoconf cannot be found
The package autoconf is not listed as an unmet build dependency by
dpkg-checkbuilddeps. Apt-get lists it as being unsatisfiable. It is my
understanding that the apt behavior is the correct one as autoconf is
Multi-Arch: none and can therefore not be used to satisfy the cross
build dependencies of bash. Therefore, autoconf should also appear in
the list of unmet build dependencies as given by dpkg-checkbuilddeps.
Thanks, josch
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