Proposed package blocking due to FTBFS

[Matt Domsch]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 03:35:35PM +1000, Jeffrey Fearn wrote:
> Matt Domsch wrote:
> > I would like to propose blocking packages at the F15 alpha compose
> > point if they have not resolved their FTBFS from F14 or earlier.  The
> > lists may be broken down by when they last did build.  With 3
> > exceptions, these 110 bugs are all still in NEW state as well, so they
> > haven't had much maintainer love in quite some time (6-18 months).
> > 
> > I trust module-init-tools will get resolved with an impending upstream
> > release.  Not like that can go unfixed forever. :-)
> >
> > perl-Makefile-Parser-0.211-3.fc14 [u'631098 NEW'] (build/make) nb,nb,perl-sig
> 
> Isn't the real bug here that koji is allowing Auto Install to run?
> 
> Koji should be exporting:
> 
> export PERL_EXTUTILS_AUTOINSTALL="--skipdeps"

Perhaps - but not Koji - mock.  I don't use koji in my builds, I use
plain vanilla mock, on systems with limited network ability - e.g. no
outbound http/ftp/mail capability.

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist
Dell | Office of the CTO