Comment 4 for bug 23699

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:48:26 +0100
From: James Troup <email address hidden>
To: Blars Blarson <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#333218: gnupg: ftbfs [sparc] build installs random mail-transport-agent which failed

severity 333218 normal
thanks

Blars Blarson <email address hidden> writes:

> Package: gnupg
> Version: 1.4.2-2
> Severity: serious
> Justification: no longer builds from source
>
> gnupg has mail-transport-agent as a build dependancy without specifying
> a desired one first as an alternative. The sparc buildd randomly chose
> zmailer which failed to install so the build failed.

That's a bug in the buildd's setup and zmailer for requiring
interactivity.

--
James