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

[James Clarke]

On 23 Feb 2017, at 16:04, Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org> wrote:
> 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).

Why not use --source-only-changes and upload the _source.changes from
your final test binary build?

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

Regards,
James