Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If Build-Depends-Indep were >> installed to satisfy 'build' their entire raison d'etre would be >> voided. > > The buildds[...]
invoke 'dpkg-buildpackage -B'. > This all goes for dpkg-buildpackage too, of course. Fine and dandy; feel free to talk to the dpkg folks. I'm sure you'll get somewhere before 2038, if not a year or two sooner. >> That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's orthogonal to >> this bug. > > I don't think it's orthogonal at all. That == "invalidating build-depends-indep's purpose in life" - which is orthogonal. > You said: > > "Build-Depends-Indep are not installed during the 'build' target; ..." > > which just plain contradicts policy ยง7.6. As I've said before: Policy is either meant to document current practice or it's not. If it is, then it's wrong because the de facto implementation of build-depends disagrees with it _and always has done_ (or at least, it's not the buildds which have changed). If it's not, well... -- James
