[Pkg-javascript-devel] `Build-Depends` parsing problem for node-* packages

[Arnaud Ferraris]

Hi Jonas,

Le 17/03/2021 à 18:35, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> Hi Arnaud,
> 
> Quoting Arnaud Ferraris (2021-03-17 16:52:38)
>> I've been confronted with an issue affecting a number of node-* 
>> packages (and maybe others): apt is unable to parse the Build-Depends 
>> field, making `apt build-dep` effectively unusable with those 
>> packages.
> 
> You seem to be reporting an issue, but have posted to our mailinglist 
> (and cross-posts to more lists, which confuses further discussion).

Actually my post was more about asking how to best report this issue
(which package(s) should be "targeted" being the central question),
sorry if I didn't make this clear enough.

I'll follow David's advice and file a bug against apt based on his answer.

Best regards,
Arnaud

> 
> Please file issues in our issue tracker, so that both your report and 
> all further discussion is tracked.
> 
>   https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting
> 
> Please make sure to include with the bugreport more details about the 
> environment where you experience the issue - e.g. which version of 
> Debian using which version of apt.  When using the recommended reporting 
> approach of using the command-line tool reportbug, such information is 
> automatically gathered and included with the bugreport.
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
>  - Jonas
>