On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Vincent Bernat wrote: > One of the package that I maintain (python-asyncssh) makes a DNS request > during build and expects it to fail. Since Policy 4.9 forbids network > access (in a rather confusing wording "may not"), I got this serious > bug: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=830568
Whatever policy reads, I don't think it is appropriate for something outside the build environment to affect the build, even if the only affect is to make the build fail. The right solution sounds like cwrap to me. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
