On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 16:03:20 +0000, James Clarke wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Version: 20170112 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-ports-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org > > Hi, > As you know, debian-installer does not build on non-release > architectures, since it tries to build for stretch. Some architectures > also have some of the needed udebs in the unreleased suite, such as > sparc-utils on sparc64. The attached patch lets me build on sparc64 even > after a `dch --release`, and I would assume on other ports architectures > too. Is this something you would consider applying? > Pulling packages from unreleased into main sounds like a bad idea, those architectures would better have their own unreleased and differently-versioned debian-installer IMO.
Cheers, Julien
