On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 01:58:33PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
>
> I have been pointed out at dh-builtusing, which is another way to
> achieve the same result. I have attached a patch with that alternative,
> at the end it's mostly a question of taste.
Thanks for this patch. Note that you need to add dh-builtusing to the
Build-Depends (not just dh-sequence-builtusing) so that automated
builders that use a minimal build-chroot (i.e., sbuild) knows that
they need to install dh-builtusing. It's also helpful for users who
are confused why dpkg-buildpackage doesn't work.
The other problem with using dh-builtusing is that it is only
available in Debian trixie. So if you want to be able to build
e2fsprogs on Debian stable or oldstable, using dh-builtusing will make
life very difficult wanting to build e2fsprogs for Debian stable, or
Ubuntu LTS.
Cheers,
- Ted
