On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:27:04PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > A strict reading of policy now indicates that Build-Depends-Indep need > not ever be satisfied when the clean target is called. Apparently this > change was made to document autobuilder behavior when building packages > that mix arch all and arch any components, but as I read it, the effect > is broader. > > If build-depends-indep need not be satified any time the clean target is > run, then I can imagine that some tool might be written to rely on that, > and only install the build-depends before building a package that is > only arch: all.
Great, you discovered bug #192037 against lintian. My opinion is that lintian nd linda should recommend the use of Build-Depends: for arch: all packages and be done with it. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here.
