[Pbuilder-maint] Ignoring Recommends

Junichi Uekawa dancer at netfort.gr.jp
Tue Aug 21 12:25:46 UTC 2007


Hi,

I think apt is going to start installing Recommends in October, and
pbuilder needs to act. pbuilder is going to build with minimal
packages that the Build-Depends pulls in, because users can freely
build packages without the Recommended packages.

I think I need to add a configuration file installed somewhere at
"pbuilder create" time.  I'm not sure if I want to handle it at
"pbuilder update" or "pbuilder build".

My initial thinking is as follows:

pbuilder create
	 Pro: simple

	 Con: does not support upgrade case.
	 adds extra file to base.tgz

pbuilder update
	 Pro: supports upgrade cases
	 adds extra file to base.tgz

pbuilder build 
	 Pro: simple
	 does not add extra file to base.tgz

	 Con: doing it every time is an overhead


Hmm..


regards,
	junichi
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