[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#757744: sbuild: Cannot pass build type options other than -b or -B to dpkg-buildpackage, with dpkg 1.17.11

[Johannes Schauer]

Control: tag -1 + moreinfo

Hi,

On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:30:45 +0200 =?utf-8?q?Cl=C3=A9ment_Schreiner?= <clement at mux.me> wrote:
> starting with release 1.17.11, which just got uploaded into sid [1],
> dpkg-buildpackage now accepts only one build type option (-g, -G, -b,
> -B, -A, -S or -F).
> 
> The Debile [2] infrastructure builds a lot of packages with `sbuild -A
> --debbuildopt=-A`. Since `sbuild -A` uses `dpkg-buildpackage -b`, the
> change in dpkg-buildpackage means sbuild is now broken for us.
> 
> I'm not sure what a correct solution would be. Either adding an option
> for suppressing the -b option, or adding an option for using
> dpkg-buildpackage -A would be fine for us (the debile team), though
> the former is probably preferable.
> 
> Here's the relevant extract from a sample sbuild log [3]:
> 
>   dpkg-buildpackage
>   -----------------
> 
>   dpkg-buildpackage: cannot combine -b and -A
> 
> 
> Let me know if you need more information.

you never describe what you expect sbuild to do in the end. What is it actually
you want to achieve?

My guess would be: you want sbuild to build Architecture:all packages only?

In that case, would the option --arch-all-only not do exactly what you want?

Thanks!

cheers, josch
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