[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#843794: Bug#843794: [libvirt] tweak build dependencies to allow building for jessie

[Guido Günther]

control: tag -1 +wontfix

On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 07:05:54PM +0200, fld wrote:
> Package: libvirt
> Version: 2.4.0-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
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> Currently, on Debian jessie the build process depends on resolving:
> Backporting package libvirt in sid→jessie/amd64: unsatisfiable build dependencies: Build-Depends libxml2-dev (>2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.2).
> 
> But, using "dpkg-buildpackage -d -b -uc", the build does succeed on jessie 
> even with libxml2-dev (2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u3) installed.
> 
> Could the B-D be relaxed to allow building on jessie without having to use -d?

We have interim versins of libxml2-dev that are broken so the b-d would
only be lowered on a backported version (depend on libxml2-dev (>=
2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u3)). If you build a local backport you can just
change that.

Cheers,
 -- Guido