Hi, Bill Allombert wrote:
> + This split allows binary-only builds to not install the > + dependencies required for the <tt>build-indep</tt> > + target and skip any resource-intensive build tasks that > + are only required when building architecture-independent > + binary packages. > > If you follow this recommendation, your package will potentially FTBFS due to > missing build-dependency on the buildd, unless it has been fixed. > I do not think this has seen real life testing at this stage. This has seen real-life testing. For example, xz-utils would fail to build on autobuilders if that code did not work. The curious can find other examples by searching for build-time dependencies on dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.2). Hope that helps, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120901162449.GA748@mannheim-rule.local
