Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails when offline.

2017-12-04 Thread peter green
(resending this to the bug report and also extending it slightly beyond the original version I sent to Ian) On 04/12/17 12:30, Ian Jackson wrote: peter green writes ("Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails when offline."): Trying to build a package with dgit b

Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails when offline.

2017-12-04 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Mon, Dec 04 2017, Ian Jackson wrote: > I think we are talking about cross purposes. > > dgit's build subcommands all pass non-standard -I -i options to > dpkg-buildpackage. These -I -i options are lengthy (and have changed > in dgit's history at least once due to a bug being

Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails when offline.

2017-12-04 Thread Ian Jackson
Sean Whitton writes ("Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails when offline."): > On Mon, Dec 04 2017, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Well, yes, except that the dgit *build subcommands are already such > > aliases. They exist because debuild etc. mishandle .

Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails when offline.

2017-12-04 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Mon, Dec 04 2017, Ian Jackson wrote: > Sean Whitton writes ("Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails > when offline."): >> This would just be an alias for existing commands like `debuild -uc -b` >> and `debuild -us -uc -S`, modulo deleting

Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails when offline.

2017-12-04 Thread Ian Jackson
Sean Whitton writes ("Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails when offline."): > This would just be an alias for existing commands like `debuild -uc -b` > and `debuild -us -uc -S`, modulo deleting the .changes file. I don't > think it would be helpfu

Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails when offline.

2017-12-04 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Mon, Dec 04 2017, Ian Jackson wrote: > OTOH, if you are not trying to build for upload, then then there is no > need for this. Then it would be better not to use dgit build at all, > but rather to invoke dpkg-buildpackage. > > Perhaps it would be useful for dgit to have a "not (yet)

Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails when offline.

2017-12-04 Thread Ian Jackson
peter green writes ("Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails when offline."): > Trying to build a package with dgit build while offline results in an error > message about api.ftp-master.debian.org There is no mention in the manpage > section for dgit build

Bug#883340: dgit build accesses the internet and fails when offline.

2017-12-02 Thread peter green
Package: dgit Version: 3.11 Severity: important Trying to build a package with dgit build while offline results in an error message about api.ftp-master.debian.org There is no mention in the manpage section for dgit build about it accessing the internet in any way. This is problematic for two