Re: Help with debian/rules

[Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 11:00:49PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > Either is bogus to get the proper Debian architecture name. See
> > dpkg-architecture(1). Getting rid of dpkg --print-architecture is one of the
> > main tasks of the Debian GNU/Hurd team.
> 
> I'd suggest you write a lintian chack for this (lintian can be used to check
> source packages, though this facility is little-used so far).

I am not sure if there is a reliable test, because checking
print-architecture might have some value if you need strict compatibility
(i386 vs i486 comes to mind). But then we have overrides for that. Okay, I
will write a check and submit it.

Thanks,
Marcus

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