Re: [RFC] GNU autoconf and dpkg-architecture
On Tue, 05 Feb 2002, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> Ok, I asked RMS, who is responsible for such things (at least whenever he
> likes to be :). There might be some issues with some packages if you
> specify --build although you are not actually cross compiling.
Even when --build is equal to --host ? And are those issues something we
will suffer in Debian, or are they just the usual braindamage we find
everywhere and fix in Debian?
> So, the recommended way is to do
> $ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE), $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
> confflags += $(DEB_HOT_GNU_TYPE)
Something seems to be missing here :)
> But people should always be aware of the possibility to discriminate on
> that.
Yes.
> About all other things in your reply: I agree, good idea, more power to you,
> and let me know if I can be of help :) [Indeed I think that lintian can be
> of help, at least to gather the raw data]
The Debian lintian lab is basically all source packages unpacked, thus a
grep-friendly place to search for stuff :)
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them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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