control: tag -1 +wontfix On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 07:05:54PM +0200, fld wrote: > Package: libvirt > Version: 2.4.0-1 > Severity: wishlist > > --- Please enter the report below this line. --- > Currently, on Debian jessie the build process depends on resolving: > Backporting package libvirt in sid→jessie/amd64: unsatisfiable build > dependencies: Build-Depends libxml2-dev (>2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.2). > > But, using "dpkg-buildpackage -d -b -uc", the build does succeed on jessie > even with libxml2-dev (2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u3) installed. > > Could the B-D be relaxed to allow building on jessie without having to use -d?
We have interim versins of libxml2-dev that are broken so the b-d would only be lowered on a backported version (depend on libxml2-dev (>= 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u3)). If you build a local backport you can just change that. Cheers, -- Guido
