Bug#872119: systemd: fdisk build-dependency needed (for tests)

Felipe Sateler fsateler at debian.org
Tue Aug 15 21:01:21 BST 2017


Control: tags -1 pending


On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 10:52 AM,  <andreas at fatal.se> wrote:
> Source: systemd
> Version: 234-2
> Severity: important
> User: util-linux at packages.debian.org
> Usertags: fdisk-build-dependency
>
> Hello,
>
> As recently announced on debian-devel-announce[1] packages who need
> any of sfdisk, cfdisk or fdisk will need to add a dependency on the
> new fdisk package.
>
> Your package systemd showed up on codesearch.debian.net and a very
> quick analysis suggested you might want to add a build-dependency as
> your package only seems to use things from the fdisk package in its
> test-suite.
>
> Please use the backwards-compatible way of specifying the
> build-dependency as suggested in the debian-devel-announce mail:
>
> fdisk <!nocheck> | util-linux (<< 2.29.2-3~) <!nocheck>
>
> If your more detailed analysis shows this should not be needed then
> please just close this bug report stating the results of your
> analysis (and if so sorry for bothering you).

AFAICT, sfdisk is only used by the tests test/TEST-NN-* , which in
turn are only run by the 'uptream' autopkgtest. Therefore, it appears
that adding the dependency to that autopkgtest is enough. I have added
this dependency in git.

-- 

Saludos,
Felipe Sateler




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