[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#809730: [Multiarch-devel] multiarch cross build dependency resolution

[Roger Leigh]

On 06/01/2016 09:40, Johannes Schauer wrote:
> It could be argued that sbuild should use 'apt-get build-dep' for all
> its operation including native compilation. This would mean that quite
> some logic could be removed from sbuild.

Historically this was broken for sbuild use.  Maybe that's changed now?

The major difference in behaviour is the handling of alternative build 
deps.  Unless something has changed, apt-get build-dep didn't provide 
the deterministic behaviour of sbuild's resolver.


Regards,
Roger