On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 09:56:22AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Two things: > > - control files are part of the source. w-b would have to download and > unpack every source package to get that file.
Exactly. > - control files can be auto generated during build (e.g. glibc) and > might not even list the packages and architectures Well, yeah, but if that changes anything about the control file that is of importance (like supported architectures or package names), then this information is quite blatantly ignored. And the build may fail. -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]