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

Roger Leigh rleigh at codelibre.net
Sat Dec 4 13:35:09 UTC 2010


On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 02:22:08PM +0100, Loïc Minier wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 03, 2010, Jamie Strandboge wrote:
> >                                                      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).
> 
>  In fact this is useful whenever using an Ubuntu chroot, from Ubuntu or
>  from Debian, so it would definitely make sense in Debian's sbuild.

Would it be rather simpler, and a more general solution, to just
add a configuration option to disable installation of build essential,
to allow disabling on any system?  You could then just put

  $install_build_essential = 0;

in your sbuild.conf and it will never be used.


Regards,
Roger

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