Bug#823910: debian-policy: document Build-Depends-Arch/Build-Conflicts-Arch and when it's safe to use them

Johannes Schauer writes: > Instead, I'd like to make a case for inclusion of Build-Depends-Arch and > Build-Conflicts-Arch here: > - the fields add symmetry to the existing Build-Depends-Indep and >Build-Conflicts-Indep fields > - the mapping of Build-*-Indep to the

Bug#823910: debian-policy: document Build-Depends-Arch/Build-Conflicts-Arch and when it's safe to use them

Hi josch, Thanks for putting together the necessary documentation for Build-Depends- Arch and Build-Conflicts-Arch. > Could somebody please comment on the patch? I'd like to fix its problems > if they exist. Your patch looks good to me. cheers Stuart -- Stuart Prescott

Bug#823910: debian-policy: document Build-Depends-Arch/Build-Conflicts-Arch and when it's safe to use them

Hi, Quoting Johannes Schauer (2016-09-18 08:11:10) > - it is already supported by much software in the archive, most importantly > it is supported by package builders and installability testers with the upload of version 1.4, Build-Depends-Arch and Build-Conflicts-Arch are now also supported

Bug#823910: debian-policy: document Build-Depends-Arch/Build-Conflicts-Arch and when it's safe to use them

Control: tag -1 + patch Hi, On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:52:32 +0200 Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > There are now packages in the archive relying on Build-Depends-Arch > (the botch package, at least). src:botch maintainer here. There is also src:fltk1.1, src:fltk1.3, src:libpsl,

Bug#823910: debian-policy: document Build-Depends-Arch/Build-Conflicts-Arch and when it's safe to use them

On 10/05/16 at 12:31 +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > I just noticed that there are also Build-Depends-Arch/Build-Conflicts-Arch: > > from deb-src-control(5): > >Build-Depends-Arch: package-list > Same as

Bug#823910: debian-policy: document Build-Depends-Arch/Build-Conflicts-Arch and when it's safe to use them

* Andreas Beckmann , 2016-05-10, 12:31: I just noticed that there are also Build-Depends-Arch/Build-Conflicts-Arch: [...] These are not mentioned at all in the policy, The first one is! Footnote to §7.7 reads: “There is no Build-Depends-Arch” :-P -- Jakub Wilk

Bug#823910: debian-policy: document Build-Depends-Arch/Build-Conflicts-Arch and when it's safe to use them

Package: debian-policy Severity: normal Hi, I just noticed that there are also Build-Depends-Arch/Build-Conflicts-Arch: from deb-src-control(5): Build-Depends-Arch: package-list Same as Build-Depends, but they are only needed when build‐ ing the