[debhelper-devel] Bug#830666: Bug#830666: debhelper: versioned Build-Depends on dpkg-dev is unnecessary
Niels Thykier
niels at thykier.net
Sun Jul 31 17:08:00 UTC 2016
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Sven Joachim:
> Source: debhelper
> Version: 9.20160709
> Severity: minor
>
> Commit cd43c190224 added dpkg-dev (>= 1.18.0~) to Build-Depends. It
> seems to me that this was an oversight and the runtime Depends should
> have been bumped instead (it was later in commit bbcb938ad38).
>
> The dependency is needed so that automatic -dbgsym packages get added to
> the .changes file, but this is irrelevant for building debhelper itself.
> After removing the dpkg-dev Build-Depends, debhelper builds fine in a
> Jessie chroot.
>
> Cheers,
> Sven
>
> [...]
Hi,
I am not quite sure what to do with this bug.
As I recall, I added the versioned Build-Depends to also ensure that no
one backported debhelper without dealing with the new dpkg-dev requirements.
So: What value is there in building debhelper in a Jessie chroot when
the resulting binary will be uninstallable in Jessie?
If there is a use-case for this, I might reconsider the
build-dependency. But from my current PoV, it is a useful safe-guard
with no practical downsides.
Thanks,
~Niels
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