[Pkg-javascript-devel] Rebuilding of nodejs reverse dependencies

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Hi,

On 14/01/22 at 01:46 +0100, Ayoyimika Ajibade wrote:
> Hello Lucas!
> 
> Am an outreachy intern working on transitioning of nodejs16, in respect to
> what you needed to help us with rebuilding
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2020/10/msg00097.html  here is
> the needed script you asked for
> 
> 1. the script that customizes a chroot
> 
> apt install nodejs/experimental && apt install libicu-dev/experimental
> (the packages needed for local build of nodejs from experimental)
> reverse-depends -b nodejs (to get a list of a build dependencies of nodejs)
> 
> 2.  we would like to rebuild all reverse dependencies of nodejs16

Given the amount of packages (~ 2000) and the fact that it is mostly
packages that are fast to build, isn't that something that can be done
on a powerful single machine?

Lucas