* Thijs Kinkhorst ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061018 11:34]: > On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 11:16 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Internet access was not available from the nodes. Are build scripts > > allowed to download files from the Internet during build ? Some perl > > modules do this in their tests. > > No, this is definately a bug. I've indeed encountered it a couple of > times already in Perl test suites. It's a problem because: > - It's a privacy concern - without being asked, some information about > the system is being sent to a remote host; > - I should be able to build a package on e.g. my disconnected laptop > or on your disconnected cluster; > - The test has a high probability to fail lateron because of the > referenced host disappearing.
Actually, in a test it *might* be ok. Usually, even if they're bugs, they're not RC. Access to a debian-mirror is necessary for some packages, but rather on a exception-basis - almost all packages need to build with the packages they got installed via build-dependencies. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]