retitle 387908 support building without a configured 'lo' interface severity 387908 wishlist tag 387908 wontfix thanks
On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 11:46:54PM +0200, Niko Tyni wrote: > On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 09:14:46PM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > > > I still don't think that any package should require networking to be > > set up or even enabled in the kernel to build from source. > > I think you should try to drive this at the level of the Debian Policy > rather than file bugs against individual packages. The current practice is > clearly that requiring the loopback interface is acceptable but requiring > general network connectivity isn't. I'm setting this to wishlist and I do not intend to fix it. Will reconsider if I see a consensus on debian-devel and/or a recommendation in the Debian Policy that building without 127.0.0.1 should be supported. -- Niko Tyni nt...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
