[question] test_requires in lockfile/SBOM

[dkoerner-festo]

What is your question?

test_requires packages (e.g. gtest) are entered as "requires" in the lockfiles and are therefore also part of the SBOM. I think such requires should not be included in the SBOM. Or is there any reason for this?

Have you read the CONTRIBUTING guide?

• I've read the CONTRIBUTING guide

[memsharded]

Hi @dkoerner-festo

Thanks for your question.

Do you mean the conan sbom:cyclonedx extension command? this is not related to lockfiles, that would be a different thing, maybe we need to move this ticket to the https://github.com/conan-io/conan-extensions repo?

[dkoerner-festo]

Hi @memsharded ,

I looked at the extension. I was wrong ;) . I thought only the info from the lockfiles was evaluated, but the extension is using the Conan graph information.

In my opinion the test_requires and tool_requires should not part of the SBOM. To filter out these dependencies I would skip all item with "node.context == build" and "node.test == true". Would this be correct?

[memsharded]

So then, I'll move this ticket to the extensions repo, as this would be to discuss about the conan sbom: extension command. Thanks!

[memsharded]

In my opinion the test_requires and tool_requires should not part of the SBOM. To filter out these dependencies I would skip all item with "node.context == build" and "node.test == true". Would this be correct?

It would be good to have the feedback from experts, I am not sure what is the expected behavior, or maybe this should be an option for users?

[memsharded]

Maybe @jkowalleck or @hedtke have some feedback regarding this?

[hedtke]

Indeed, this detail was not considered before. They should either be ignored, or we add a new flag to add them. Do we have any favorite way here?

[dkoerner-festo]

I would prefer to ignore by default and add a flag to add them.

[dkoerner-festo]

#159 solves at least the build context part.

[memsharded]

Adding --no-test-requires should also be relatively easy, if someone wants to give it a try.

[hedtke]

I'm on sick leave until August 2025 and will not have the time to work on this

[memsharded]

Thanks for the feedback @hedtke, I'll try to remember not to ping you, I hope everything goes well in your leave. Thanks very much for everything!