Bug#853886: cowbuilder: doesn't create _amd64.changes for binary-indep-only or source-only builds

[Andreas Beckmann]

On Wed, 1 Feb 2017 19:42:26 +0000 James Clarke <jrtc27 at debian.org> wrote:
> For source-only builds, I don't understand why you would want to perform the
> build in a chroot. You already have to be able to build the source package
> outside the chroot, which then gets copied into the chroot, unpacked and a new
> source package is built; why not use the first source package? If your aim is

I want to build the source package in the distro where it's going to be
uploaded, using tools from only that distro. This may make a difference
if I get a .debian.tar.gz or .debian.tar.xz (or .diff.gz vs. .diff.xz ?).
And I want to build the source package in a clean minimal chroot, not
upload something built in my non-minimal mixed-distro host :-)

So far I always used --debbuildopts -S for a final source-only build
that was going to be uploaded (after doing testing binary builds).

--binary-indep is not working as a "workaround" if the package builds no
arch:all packages.


Andreas