[Debichem-devel] Bug#534082: openbabel: FTBFS: Nonexistent build-dependency: libboost1.37-dev

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On 09/07/09 at 11:41 +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > On 08/07/09 at 22:57 +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> >> Hi Lucas,
> >>
> >> Thanks for your work. But the alternative to libboost1.37-dev:
> >> libboost-dev is available since May, so it should have been available
> >> during your rebuild in June too. I don't know, why the package failed to
> >> build, but it doesn't fail here. I'm going to close this report. If you
> >> still observe the problem, please reopen your report.
> >
> > Hi Daniel,
> >
> > (note that messages sent to the bug number aren't sent to the submitter.
> > You should Cc the submitter in such cases).
> 
> JFTR: It was sent to -done, which AFAIK automatically sends a note to the
> submitter. Did this change recently?

It does, but your mail is then buried as a MIME attachement, so it's
easy to miss it. Usually, my mental heuristic is "closed + no Cc -> OK".

> > Alternatives in build-dependencies are not supported by sbuild,
> 
> Use the -C switch. Further this behavior is violating the Debian Policy section
> 7.1. You might file a bug report with severity "normal", but not a serious bug.
> The alternative package is available and has to be used accordingly to the policy:
> 
> "[..] the package names listed may also include lists of alternative package
> names, separated by vertical bar (pipe) symbols |. In such a case, if any one
> of the alternative packages is installed, that part of the dependency is
> considered to be satisfied. [..]"

The point is to behave like the buildds. Buildds don't use -C
alternatives AFAIK.
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