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josch 10 years ago
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Standalone
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Use `fatrace` to record all file access during an `sbuild` run and find those
build dependencies which have their files never needed. You need superuser
privileges to run this script because of `fatrace`.
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Any unused dependencies can then be found by investigating the file
`unneededdepends.list`.
Batch
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The process can be automated for multiple packages by passing `dsc` files to
`run.sh`:
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The `run.sh` script expects to find `findunusedbd.sh` directly under `/home`.
Best try this out in a chroot to not mess with the host system.
Customize the schroot:
Schroot setup
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Create the schroot:
$ sudo sbuild-createchroot --make-sbuild-tarball=/var/lib/sbuild/sid-amd64.tar.gz sid `mktemp -d` http://127.0.0.1:3142/snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20140601T000000Z
Enter the schroot:
$ sbuild-shell source:sid-amd64-sbuild
Make apt ignore the `Valid-Until` header:
$ echo 'Acquire::Check-Valid-Until "false";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80-nocheckvaliduntil
Install `equivs`:
$ apt-get install equivs --no-install-recommends
Bugs
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Bugs:
- when investigating which build dependencies are unused, virtual packages are not taken into account
- maybe the fake equivs package can be built outside the schroot to avoid the additional dependencies for installing equivs
- maybe equivs can be avoided altogether by finding a way to edit debian/control on the fly
License
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Consider everything in this repository in the public domain. It is a gross hack
and I do not care what you do with it.

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