On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 21:54:11 -0600 LaMont Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 11:12:07AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > I stumbled across exact same problem today (although using
> > cowbuilder around pbuild :-) ), and wonder: if tagging as wontfix,
> > isn't it then an error to also close this bug?
>
> Not an error - it's not even a bug, so there's nothing to fix.
>
> Policy requires (7.6) that build-depends be installed when the clean
> target is invoked. Pretty clear. Backporting frequently requires
> adjusting build-deps.
>
> > Also, would it not be correct to add (or move) libdb4.3-dev to
> > build-depends-indep?
>
> No. Build-depends-indep is (according to policy in 7.6) used only on
> build, build-indep, binary, and binary-indep. Clean and build-arch
> (which use libdb${version}-dev) require build-depends. Ok. Thanks for the detailed response! - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
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