[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#986410: autopkg tests don't run with the same dependencies as during the build

[Matthias Klose]

On 4/5/21 3:30 PM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Matthias,
> 
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 02:46:41PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
>> The autopkg tests don't run with the same dependencies as during the build. Just
>> noticed because the python3-renderpm dependency seems to be necessary with the
>> reportlab package from experimental.
>>
>> But in general, please run the autopkg tests with the same packages as done
>> during the build.
> 
> Could you please be more verbose.  The Build-Depends and Depends string
> do not do any specific version specification.  Python3-reportlab was
> added to Depends since it is really needed while python3-renderpm is
> fine as "Suggests".  Which change would you recommend to solve that bug?

please re-read. This is not about package dependencies or suggestions. All the
<!nocheck> build dependencies should be added as autopkg test dependencies to
test the same stuff you test during the build, unless there's a specific reason
not to do so.

Matthias