Bug#614807: debian-policy: Please document autobuilder-imposed build-dependency alternative restrictions

2011-02-23 Thread Sean Finney
On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 18:22 +, Roger Leigh wrote: > Yes, this might need rewording. Some people claimed it was useful for > backports, so if the backports buildds are using the aptitude resolver, > they could make use of the alternatives without any changes to > debian/control; maybe it could

Bug#614807: debian-policy: Please document autobuilder-imposed build-dependency alternative restrictions

2011-02-23 Thread Roger Leigh
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 05:52:27PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Hi, > > Roger Leigh (23/02/2011): > > From: Roger Leigh > > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:14:56 + > > Subject: [PATCH] Document restrictions on alternative build dependencies > > > > The Debian autobuilders only make use of the

Bug#614807: debian-policy: Please document autobuilder-imposed build-dependency alternative restrictions

2011-02-23 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi, Roger Leigh (23/02/2011): > From: Roger Leigh > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:14:56 + > Subject: [PATCH] Document restrictions on alternative build dependencies > > The Debian autobuilders only make use of the first alternative > in a set of alternatives, in order to guarantee consistent, >

Bug#614807: debian-policy: Please document autobuilder-imposed build-dependency alternative restrictions

2011-02-23 Thread Roger Leigh
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.1.0 Severity: normal Patch attached. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.27-kvm-i386-20110114 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.U

Re: [buildd-tools-devel] re buildd's resolver and package's build deps

2011-02-23 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:27:00PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:45:06AM +0100, Philipp Kern wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:40:52PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: > > > From discussion on IRC earlier this evening, it looks like the most > > > pragmatic approach will be

Re: [buildd-tools-devel] re buildd's resolver and package's build deps

2011-02-23 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:45:06AM +0100, Philipp Kern wrote: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:40:52PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: > > From discussion on IRC earlier this evening, it looks like the most > > pragmatic approach will be to get the apt and aptitude sbuild > > resolvers to strip the alternati

Re: [buildd-tools-devel] re buildd's resolver and package's build deps

2011-02-23 Thread Philipp Kern
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:40:52PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: > From discussion on IRC earlier this evening, it looks like the most > pragmatic approach will be to get the apt and aptitude sbuild > resolvers to strip the alternatives (after arch reduction), which > will make them behave pretty much