Processed: Re: Bug#866731: gnss-sdr: Bogus build dependency on libc6

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Bug #866731 {Done: Adrian Bunk } [src:gnss-sdr] gnss-sdr: 
Bogus build dependency on libc6
Severity set to 'important' from 'serious'

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Bug#866731: gnss-sdr: Bogus build dependency on libc6

[Adrian Bunk]

Control: severity -1 important

On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 11:37:11AM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Source: gnss-sdr
> Version: 0.0.8-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: breaks build dependencies
> 
> Hello!
> 
> src:gnss-sdr has a bogus build dependency on libc6 which is not
> allowed for two reasons:
> 
>  a) libc6 is not the correct package required for building
> gnss-sdr, libc6-dev would be.
>  b) libc6-dev is also pulled in through "build-essential"
> which is always present during build.
> 
> Please remove "libc6" from Build-Depends completely. It blocks
> the build on multiple architectures like alpha, kfreebsd-* and
> hurd-*.
> 
> Please refer to Debian Policy, section 7.7 [1].

I am lowering the severity of this bug:

This was clearly a bug (and already fixed in unstable),
but it is not a release critical issue that would cause
problems on any release architectures and where the fix
should be backported to stretch.

> Thanks,
> Adrian
>...

cu
Adrian

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Bug#866731: gnss-sdr: Bogus build dependency on libc6

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

Source: gnss-sdr
Version: 0.0.8-1
Severity: serious
Justification: breaks build dependencies

Hello!

src:gnss-sdr has a bogus build dependency on libc6 which is not
allowed for two reasons:

 a) libc6 is not the correct package required for building
gnss-sdr, libc6-dev would be.
 b) libc6-dev is also pulled in through "build-essential"
which is always present during build.

Please remove "libc6" from Build-Depends completely. It blocks
the build on multiple architectures like alpha, kfreebsd-* and
hurd-*.

Please refer to Debian Policy, section 7.7 [1].

Thanks,
Adrian

> [1] 
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-sourcebinarydeps

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