Re: build, build-arch and build-indep targets in debian/rules
Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org> writes:
> (dropping -policy)
>
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 05:06:59AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org> writes:
>> > Well, buildd calls dpkg-buildpackage, so the easiest way would be to
>> > just change dpkg-buildpackage to honor build-arch, IMHO. No need to
>> > change policy for this[1].
>
>> Yes we do given that build-arch can't be savely detected, or so
>> several people insist.
>
> Well, Scott James Remnant did not mention he'd see a problem with that
> when he made a comment on the Makefile stuff in this thread. Maybe he
> will voice his opinion on this more clearly eventually.
>
>> Also current practice does not follow policy. Policy says
>> Build-Depends-Indep is needed for the build target, in practice that
>> is not true or the buildds would fail.
>
> But that's a different issue, no?
It needs a policy change to sync the two again.
>> > AFAIK, this is only hard if you do not assume debian/rules is a
>> > Makefile. I am not sure what the current take of the dpkg maintainers is
>> > on this, but I hope they consider changing the behaviour of
>> > dpkg-buildpackage at some point during the next release cycle.
>
>> debian/rules must be a makefile now.
>
> Are you sure this changed recently? AFAIK, this has been the case for a
> long time now, it's just dpkg which has always made a broader
> assumption. (I only casually glanced over the policy changes though)
It seems to be from 1995 someone said on irc. Seeing it as release
goal let me to believe it were more recent.
>> All buildds build in unstable. Otherwise something is seriously wrong.
>> And unless I'm seriously mistaken dpkg-buildpackage from inside the
>> chroot is used to build, which makes it the sid version.
>
> Indeed, I was confused here. Good.
>
>
> Michael
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