Re: Proposalto introduce compiler options passed from dpkg-buildpackage
On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 21:11:53 +0100, Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de> said:
> Frank Lichtenheld writes:
>> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 05:08:13PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
>> > We define a set of macros which are passed from dpkg-buildpackage
>> > to
>>
>> If you say "macros" you mean the same as environment variables?
> IIRC we cannot assume that debian/rules is a makefile and pass them as
> macros directly, so we have to pass them as environment variables.
I think you remember incorrectly. Policy currently states
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
4.9. Main building script: `debian/rules'
-----------------------------------------
This file must be an executable makefile, and contains the
package-specific recipes for compiling the package and building binary
package(s) from the source.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Also, note that other parts of policy also refer to the rules
being a makefile:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
4.6. Error trapping in makefiles
--------------------------------
When `make' invokes a command in a makefile (including your package's
upstream makefiles and `debian/rules'), it does so using `sh'.
....
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
So we can pass the macros directly on the command line, if you
so desire.
manoj
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