Julian Mehnle wrote:
Daniel Schepler wrote:
If I add netbase to the Build-Depends, the package builds fine [in my
pbuilder chroot].
Is it really necessary to list "netbase" in a package's "Build-Depends
(-Indep)" control field? Or could there be something wrong with your
pbuilder?
(Sorry, I have little experience with Debian packages that require a net
connection during building.)
That'll be because they shouldn't exist. I'm not sure offhand whether
it's ever made it as far as policy, but it's been discussed several
times (sometimes in the context of trying to update sources from
upstream revision control systems, sometimes for tests), and the general
consensus, AFAIR, has always been "don't" -- if it's "only" a test, you
should probably skip it.
I'm not sure what the feeling would be about trying to detect whether or
not the requisite infrastructure is present and running the tests in
question if so would be; probably still "don't" (as it will enable
'someone' to detect where builds are happening).
Cheers,
Nick
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