On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 09:02:59PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously sparc porters wrote: > > I still think sbuild is the way to go. > > I still think sbuild is not the way to go and would rather see sbuild > modified to handle the new source format. > > Oh, in case someone hasn't noticed: this is the rumoured new source > format from Klee Dienes. If you want to test it grab klee.tar.gz from > ~wakkerma on master. You will need to have python installed btw.
Sbuild calls dpkg-source to unpack, what does it have to do with the source format?! All it has to do is call whatever executable is needed for the unpacking. It _already_ handles _everything_ else, _and_ the Build Dependencies. My suggestion is to keep the enforcement of build deps out of raw tools like dpkg-source and dpkg-buildpackage and in specialized tools like sbuild (which already has it) and apt (which already builds and downloads packages, so it can handle checking build deps with modifications). Ben
