update-sourcedeps(1)

NAME

update-sourcedeps - update the sbuild source dependency

files

SYNOPSIS

update-sourcedeps

VERSION

This man page documents the packaged version of sbuild.

This version is maintained by the buildd-tools project developers

on Alioth (https://alioth.debian.org/projects/buildd-tools/).

DESCRIPTION

update-sourcedeps updates the source-dependencies-* files

from buildd.debian.org/andrea/. These dependencies are used by

sbuild to calculate the Build-Depends for those packages that

don't include them--mainly potato, and increasingly fewer woody,

packages. update-sourcedeps also contains arch-specific and

package-specific patches that are applied by sbuild after the

source is unpacked. These patches work around temporary compiler

bugs and other transient problems so a package can still be auto

built and the change can be easily reverted without bothering the

package maintainer.

update-sourcedeps is normally called by buildd. Since

sbuild is used by itself here, update-sourcedeps must to be

called manually (or not). The source-dependencies-* files aren't

required by sbuild but are very helpful if you're autobuilding a

lot of packages.

NOTE

Before you file bugs for build failures be sure you under

stand the difference between src-deps and build-deps and also how

the src-dep patches work.

WARNING

Inappropriate settings in your ~/.wgetrc can cause prob

lems. The WGETRC environment variable can be used to redirect

.wgetrc.

AUTHORS

James Troup
Roman Hodek

SEE ALSO

sbuild(1).

Version 0.52 21 Oct 2006 UPDATE

SOURCEDEPS(1)