Re: Bug#374029: Fixing inconsisten and unusefull Build-Depends/Conflicts definition

2006-06-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 23:10:36 +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: >> Package: debian-policy >> Severity: normal > >> [Side note: Buildds/dpkg-buildpackage has no robust way of telling if >> the optional build-arch field exists and must call build. This is >>

Re: Bug#374029: Fixing inconsisten and unusefull Build-Depends/Conflicts definition

2006-06-18 Thread Guillem Jover
On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 23:10:36 +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: normal > [Side note: Buildds/dpkg-buildpackage has no robust way of telling if > the optional build-arch field exists and must call build. This is > wastefull for both build dependencies and build ti

Bug#374029: Fixing inconsisten and unusefull Build-Depends/Conflicts definition

2006-06-16 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Package: debian-policy Severity: normal Hi, the current use and definition of Build-Depends/Conflicts[-Indep] in policy 7.6 don't match. Both use and definition also greatly reduce the usefullness of these fields. This issue has come up again and again over the last few years and nothing has been