[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#799056: Bug#799056: [PATCH] Add --source-only flag for only building the source package

[Johannes Schauer]

Control: tag -1 + pending

Hi,

On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:23:58 -0400 =?UTF-8?B?TWlndWVsIEEuIENvbMOzbiBWw6lsZXo=?= <debian.micove at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is the implementation of the suggestion I mentioned in the
> previous message. I tested it using:
> - "-s --no-arch-all --no-arch-any"
> - "-As --no-arch-any"
> 
> and it produced the desired results..

yup, it looks legit and I applied the first two of your patches. Should be part
of the next sbuild release. Thanks!

> The first two patches are the ones related to this wishlist bug while
> the optional third patch is related to the points raised in this bug
> report about possible confusions.
> 
> - The first patch adds new options to only manipulate BUILD_ARCH_ANY.
> It only changes one parameter so the behavior is more intuitive.

I agree that this option is super useful and avoids much confusion. For example
see my confusion recorded in bug #782553

> - The second patch adds support for source only builds. The current
> code only handled all.changes and $arch.changes and ignored the
> source.changes file. It also adds "source" to the email subject to
> notify that it was a source only build.

Thanks!

> - The third patch is optional and unrelated but as mentioned before
> tackles the concerns raised earlier.

I'm refraining from removing this option now because I don't want to break
backwards compatibility. On the other hand, the option wasn't in sbuild for
long. Have to talk with the buildd people.

cheers, josch
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