Control: tag -1 confirmed On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 03:36:38PM +0100, Johannes Schauer wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.1.10 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > in Debian, buildds (and also sbuild) mangle build dependencies when > creating a dummy package for apt. In particular, sbuild removes all > build dependency alternatives except for the first. > > The only exception to this rule is, when subsequent alternatives have > the same name as the first alternative. In this case, those are also > added to the OR. > > Here is the relevant code in sbuild: > > http://sources.debian.net/src/sbuild/0.68.0-1/lib/Sbuild/ResolverBase.pm/#L888 > > This means: > > foo | bar -> foo > foo | blub | foo -> foo | foo > > In practice, this is done such that constructs like: > > foo (>> 1) | foo (<< 2) > > are not reduced to > > foo (>> 1) > > But as you can see, the relevant code in sbuild never checks if the > respective dependencies are versioned or not. > > Thanks! > > cheers, josch >
Implemented in https://github.com/Debian/apt/compare/master...julian-klode:master-pu Let's see if that breaks anything, and what the Ubuntu guys have to say about it, as I'd prefer keeping Ubuntu in sync during their feature freeze. -- Debian Developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev When replying, only quote what is necessary, and write each reply directly below the part(s) it pertains to (`inline'). Thank you.
