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usertags 1093724 + bdsat
affects 1093724 + src:gitlab src:grpc src:grpc-java src:hivex src:libguestfs src:libprelude src:libselinux src:libsemanage src:mecab src:ninix-aya src:obexftp src:ohcount src:passenger src:protobuf src:puma src:qdbm src:redland-bindings src:remctl src:
rrdtool src:ruby-aliyun-sdk src:ruby-atomic src:ruby-augeas src:ruby-bcrypt src:ruby-bcrypt-pbkdf src:ruby-bert src:ruby-bindex src:ruby-binding-ninja src:ruby-bootsnap src:ruby-bson src:ruby-byebug src:ruby-cairo src:ruby-cbor src:ruby-character-set src:
ruby-charlock-holmes src:ruby-commonmarker src:ruby-concurrent src:ruby-cool.io src:ruby-curb src:ruby-curses src:ruby-damerau-levenshtein src:ruby-dbm src:ruby-debian src:ruby-debug-inspector src:ruby-eb src:ruby-ed25519 src:ruby-enumerable-statistics
src:ruby-escape-utils src:ruby-eventmachine src:ruby-exif src:ruby-fast-blank src:ruby-fast-stemmer src:ruby-fast-xs src:ruby-fcgi src:ruby-ffi src:ruby-ffi-yajl src:ruby-fftw3 src:ruby-fssm src:ruby-fusefs src:ruby-gd src:ruby-github-linguist src:ruby-
github-markdown src:ruby-gnome src:ruby-gpgme src:ruby-grib src:ruby-gsl src:ruby-haml src:ruby-hamlit src:ruby-hdfeos5 src:ruby-hiredis src:ruby-hitimes src:ruby-http-parser src:ruby-http-parser.rb src:ruby-jaro-winkler src:ruby-json src:ruby-kakasi-ffi
src:ruby-kgio src:ruby-kyotocabinet src:ruby-lapack src:ruby-levenshtein src:ruby-libvirt src:ruby-libxml src:ruby-liquid-c src:ruby-mimemagic src:ruby-mmap2 src:ruby-mpi src:ruby-msgpack src:ruby-multibitnums src:ruby-murmurhash3 src:ruby-mysql2 src:
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src:ruby-prof src:ruby-prometheus-client-mmap src:ruby-psych src:ruby-raindrops src:ruby-rblineprof src:ruby-rbtrace src:ruby-rbtree src:ruby-rdiscount src:ruby-re2 src:ruby-redcarpet src:ruby-redcloth src:ruby-regexp-property-values src:ruby-rinku src:
ruby-rmagick src:ruby-rpam-ruby19 src:ruby-rpatricia src:ruby-ruby-magic-static src:ruby-rugged src:ruby-sdbm src:ruby-sdl src:ruby-sequel-pg src:ruby-serialport src:ruby-shadow src:ruby-sqlite3 src:ruby-stackprof src:ruby-strptime src:ruby-termios src:
ruby-timfel-krb5-auth src:ruby-tioga src:ruby-tokyocabinet src:ruby-uconv src:ruby-unf-ext src:ruby-unicode src:ruby-version-sorter src:ruby-vmstat src:ruby-websocket-driver src:ruby-xmlparser src:ruby-yajl src:ruby-zoom src:sonic-pi src:stfl src:sup-
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thanks

On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 09:00:40AM -0300, Antonio Terceiro wrote:

Given ruby-minitest is a test runner, and that when cross compiling
tests should not be executed, any packages only used to run tests should
be marked as <!nocheck> in the build dependencies.

Yes. That's the theory. Now let's figure out how packages end up
depending on it. For a lot of packages the chain goes like this:

Source: ...
Build-Depends: dh-sequence-ruby

Package: gem2deb
Provides: dh-sequence-ruby
Depends: gem2deb-test-runner

Package: gem2deb-test-runner
Depends: ruby-minitest

Package: ruby-minitest
Architecture: all
Multi-Arch: no

In this chain, the only dependency that could be annotated <!nocheck> is dh-sequence-ruby, because build profiles cannot be applied to runtime dependencies. (They can in the source control template, but they're
fully evaluated once the package is built.)

On the other hand, I see 130+ packages that build-depend on
ruby-minitest, so maybe doing this could be a shortcut.

And that's how you get this big number.

Can you ellaborate on the context in which this was necessary in Ubuntu?

This is not just Ubuntu being affected. It is Debian proper. As such I appreciate a solution for trixie as it also affects packages in the
cross bootstrap set.

We have two ways of fixing this. One is moving forward with Multi-Arch:
foreign here (which I think is harmless as long as ruby-minitest remains
a pure ruby module without dependencies of its own) or we break the aforementioned dependency chain at some point. For instance, gem2deb
could stop depending on gem2deb-test-runner and packages wanting to run
tests could Build-Depends on something like dh-sequence-ruby-test
<!nocheck>. I don't think this approach would be suitable for trixie
though.

Helmut

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