Bug#318030: [Buildd-tools-devel] Bug#318030: Does not pass -sa to dpkg-buildpackage when sbuild is run with -s

[Matt Brown]

Michael Banck wrote:

> Is there a use-case for this (always including the .orig when telling
> sbuild to build source as well, no matter what revision)?  

Yes, the use case I have is that we are created a derived distribution
from Debian. The first revision of the package that we put into our
archive is not necessarily the -1 revision that would trigger the source
to be placed in the Debian archive. For this reason we want sbuild to
include the source tarball in all packages built for our custom
distribution.

> If so, it
> should maybe be made an official config option perhaps.  This is clearly
> not useful for buildds (at least the official ones), so this is our
> decision I guess.

I cannot see a usecase for this option when using sbuild as an offical
buildd. It's primary use is for those building a derived Debian
distribution. An option that is off by default and only turned on when
required would be fine by me.

Whether that option is on the command line or in the configuration file
is not important.

Kind Regards

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