[Buildd-tools-devel] Bug#422879: sbuild doesn't always deal well with build-depends resolution

[Michael Banck]

On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 05:37:55PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> When a package build-depends on a | b, and a is uninstallable, it
> doesn't try to b. That's already known as bug #403246.
> 
> But when a package build-depends on a | b, and a is installable, it
> installs a, even if this prevents another build-dependancy to be
> installed.
 
As I understand it, that's the intended upstream behaviour.

> Isn't it possible to use 'apt-get build-dep', or to copy its algorithm ?

I think Ryan said he wouldn't change wanna-build's sbuild to that, I
have no opinion on what the packaged sbuild should do.


Michael