[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#586275: sbuild: alternative build-deps and Provides do not work correctly

[Roger Leigh]

tags 586275 + fixed-upstream pending
thanks

On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 05:47:47PM +0900, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
> I prepared a patch for this bug which seems to work at least for my
> problem:
> 
> 1. Grab libdatetime-perl_2:0.5900-1 from the archive.
> 2. Change
>      libmodule-build-perl (>= 0.360100)
>    to
>      libmodule-build-perl (>= 0.360100) | perl (>= 5.12)
>    in the Build-Depends field in debian/control.
> 3. Try to build the package with sbuild's internal resolver.
> 
> Expected behavior:
> sbuild will be able to build the package and resolve dependencies in the
> same way.

I've applied your patch to the sbuild master branch.
I'm not sure of the best way to test whether it will work correctly
in all situations, so we'll have to rely on people reporting bugs
if this has any negative effects.


Regards,
Roger

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