Source: python2.7 Version: 2.7.8-1 Severity: wishlist Today I spend fair bit of time trying to re-build package "python2.7" from source. I followed the usual procedure
apt-get source python2.7
apt-get build-dep python2.7
debuild -b -j4
but it failed on my machine and in "pbuilder". Luckily Matthias gave me a
clue:
debian/rules patch
but package FTBFS until I dropped "-j4" to disable parallel build.
I'd like to suggest maintainer(s) to document all what's necessary to build
the package from source in "debian/README.source". When deviations from
obvious build procedure are necessary it's best to briefly describe them.
It saves time, really. As DD I'm fairly competent with building Debian
packages but on this instance frustration of failing (supposedly
straightforward) re-build could be avoided.
Unless parallel build can be fixed I would also add a note about expected
parallel build failures/incompatibility. Error messages that I was getting
with "-j4" were hard to attribute to parallel build.
Thanks.
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Cheers,
Dmitry Smirnov
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