[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#553301: Bug#553301: sbuild: should display version from packages already installed on the chroot

[Andres Mejia]

On Thursday 29 October 2009 21:00:00 Felipe Sateler wrote:
> Package: sbuild
> Version: 0.59.0-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Sometimes, a build failure is caused by a change introduced in one of
> the build-dependencies. It would help to see which versions of the
> packages are already installed in the chroot to identify these (and
> maybe build-conflicts). I think a simple dpkg -l before installing
> build-deps woud suffice.

This sounds better as an external command you would run at this part of a 
build run (in the chroot before any build dependencies are installed). I would 
be willing to work on something like this. See the last two messages of bug 
#551311 for something related.

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Regards,
Andres