[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#819308: libguestfs: Build-Depends on linux-image (?)

[Hilko Bengen]

* Santiago Vila:

> retitle 819308 libguestfs: Build-Depends on linux-image (?)
> severity 819308 normal
> thanks
>
> Ok, I think this is fixed in unstable, but the issue about
> build-dependencies on linux-image remains.
>
> If there is a compelling reason why this package really needs to
> build-depend on linux-image-*, please write a debian/README.source
> explaining it.

linux-image-* is needed to be able to run the tests which involves
firing up qemu and a minimal system. This is currently only done on
i386, amd64. I don't recall any other reason for the build dependency
at the moment.

Cheers,
-Hilko