[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#602571: cannot build due to ESSENTIAL dep phase

[Jamie Strandboge]

Hi,

While Loïc's change is the technically correct change, it does not
address existing Ubuntu releases which do not have an updated
build-essential[1]. Even if we changed build-essential for all current
active stable releases of Ubuntu, people would still not be able to
build packages on EOL releases, which is desirable.

As such, after discussing this with Kees, I have uploaded a workaround
in Ubuntu which removes 'sysvinit' from the list of essential packages
to install when building packages in Ubuntu chroots. While this is an
Ubuntu-specific change, the patch is small, obvious, and should not
affect Debian or any of its other derivatives. While we can carry this
delta going forward, I request that you include it in sbuild proper
(though I understand if this is unacceptable).

Thank you for your consideration.

[1] https://launchpad.net/bugs/684931
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