Re: Build-Depends-Indep and build target

2006-12-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Florent Rougon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Goswin von Brederlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The underlying problem is that build-arch/indep are not mandatory and thus building must call the build target. This makes sense, thanks for pointing it out. If build-indep does take a considerable time

Re: Build-Depends-Indep and build target

2006-12-19 Thread Darren Salt
I demand that Joachim Reichel may or may not have written... The underlying problem is that build-arch/indep are not mandatory and thus building must call the build target. Any chance that this will be changed for lenny? If build-arch and build-indep are optional and there is no reliable way

Re: Build-Depends-Indep and build target

2006-12-18 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Florent Rougon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, Joachim Reichel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, section 7.6 of the policy states that Build-Depends-Indep must be satisfied if the build target is invoked. [...] Now, if my sponsor uploads this package, it will still fail, right? If

Re: Build-Depends-Indep and build target

2006-12-18 Thread Florent Rougon
Goswin von Brederlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The underlying problem is that build-arch/indep are not mandatory and thus building must call the build target. This makes sense, thanks for pointing it out. If build-indep does take a considerable time then you can use the following hack:

Re: Alternative TeX Live build-dependency [was: Build-Depends-Indep and build target]

2006-12-18 Thread Florent Rougon
While we're at it, you should also consider adding the appropriate texlive packages to your B-D as an alternative to the tetex packages. Sooner or later (may well happen for lenny), the tetex packages will be removed, so you'll have to do that anyway. -- Florent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Build-Depends-Indep and build target

2006-12-18 Thread Joachim Reichel
Hi, The underlying problem is that build-arch/indep are not mandatory and thus building must call the build target. Any chance that this will be changed for lenny? If build-arch and build-indep are optional and there is no reliable way to find out whether these targets exist, what's the use?

Build-Depends-Indep and build target

2006-12-17 Thread Joachim Reichel
Hi, section 7.6 of the policy states that Build-Depends-Indep must be satisfied if the build target is invoked. Consider the log file of core++ on ia64: http://experimental.debian.net/fetch.php?pkg=core%2B%2Bver=1.7-6arch=ia64stamp=1165413626file=logas=raw The build target is invoked, but Build

Re: Build-Depends-Indep and build target

2006-12-17 Thread Florent Rougon
Hi, Joachim Reichel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, section 7.6 of the policy states that Build-Depends-Indep must be satisfied if the build target is invoked. [...] Now, if my sponsor uploads this package, it will still fail, right? If Build-Depends-Indep is not satisfied by accident, the