[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#839566: sbuild: please add an option to let sbuild automatically investigate installability problems

[Johannes Schauer]

Package: sbuild
Version: 0.71.0-2
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

it would be cool if sbuild would automatically report why a dependency
situation is unsatisfiable, either by running dose3 or apt with more
verbose options. In case of apt, the options could be:

-o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=true
-o Debug::pkgDepCache::Marker=1
-o Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall=1
-o Debug::BuildDeps=1

This could come in the form of an option like:

 --build-deps-failed-explainer=apt
 --build-deps-failed-explainer=dose3

Thanks!

cheers, josch