Re: Can we require build-arch/indep targets for lenny?

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> writes:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 04:40:26PM +0200, Thomas Viehmann wrote:
>> Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> >I would like to gather up some momentum for a policy change. Namely
>> >that the build-arch/indep targets in debian/rules become required
>> >instead of being optional.
>> Wouldn't looking for the output
>>   make: *** No rule to make target `build-arch'.  Stop.
>> and then defaulting to make build be an option?
>
> make: *** Er is geen regel om 'build-arch' te maken.  Gestopt.
>
> Yes, you can use LC_ALL=C, but some people do strange things to their
> environment. The point is that parsing output that isn't meant for
> machine consumption is usually a bad idea.

Better to check for error code 2. But again, it isn't definitiv.

You would get some false positive.

> OTOH, this is trivial:
>
> build-indep: build
> build-arch: build
> build:
> 	foo
> 	bar
> 	baz

Indeed.

MfG
        Goswin