From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D29D66DE1601 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 04:09:38 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.316 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.316 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.235, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.55, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xuq0Zosb4-Wu for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 04:09:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 552836DE0FF1 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 04:09:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1a702L-0007GN-CS; Thu, 10 Dec 2015 07:09:29 -0500 Received: (nullmailer pid 22446 invoked by uid 1000); Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:09:29 -0000 From: David Bremner To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor , notmuch mailing list Subject: Re: debian build-dependencies for testing should be marked In-Reply-To: <87io47ny9b.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> References: <87io47ny9b.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.21+7~g55fb7da (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:09:29 -0400 Message-ID: <87zixiwlmu.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:09:39 -0000 Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes: > hi notmuch people-- > > debian/control's build-dependencies list a bunch of things that i think > are only relevant for running the tests (e.g. dtach -- and maybe emacs > and bash-completion and other packages). > > These should be marked so that dpkg-buildpackage can know to > ignore them when trying to build with BUILD_DEB_OPTIONS=nocheck. > > This is called a "build profile", if you want to look up more about it: > > https://wiki.debian.org/BuildProfileSpec > https://bugs.debian.org/757760 > > I'd send a patch, but i'm not entirely sure which packages are strictly > for the build-time tests, so i hope someone with more experience with > the debian package can mark them appropriately. Thanks! Daniel and I chatted a bit on IRC, but for the record, other than lack of time, my current concern about this is how well supported build-profiles are supported on Debian stable. I haven't researched this, but feedback is welcome. BTW, bash completion is not there for the tests, nor is emacs (only) for the tests. Emacs might be avoidable as a Debian build-dep (since Debian does byte compilation at install time), but would come back if we switch to "dh_elpa".