[Python-modules-team] Bug#915856: sphinx: Failed cross building with Build-Depends on python3-sphinx

[kaliko]

Dmitry, Helmut

First, thanks for this insightful thread, even though it goes beyond my expertise I
learn about cross-building then :)

On 25/01/2019 22:55, Dmitry Shachnev wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 05:41:56PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 11:14:23AM +0300, Dmitry Shachnev wrote:
>>> Does this mean that packages that are not using autodoc (like ncmpc) can
>>> already build-depend on python3-sphinx:native to become cross-buildable?
>>
>> Yes, that is my understanding. My plan was postponing such patches to
>> simplify stretch-backports. I'm not opposed to them in general, I just
>> didn't want to cause unnecessary work.
> 
> @Kaliko: please test if it works for you.

Indeed it did fix the issue :)
I set "Build-Depends-Indep: python3-sphinx:native" and built with pbuilder on testing.
But I'm having other problems later on, not related to sphinx though (some of them
probably x-build related).

I don't have enough time to go any further right now, but anyway the issue regarding
sphinx is actually fixed.

A final question, would you recommend sbuild rather than pbuilder?
Especially when trying to cross-build packages ?

Thanks Dmitry and Helmut for your help :)
Cheers
k

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