Re: Proposalto introduce compiler options passed from dpkg-buildpackage
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?
[...]
> === Alternate naming of the macros ===
>
> Do omit the '''DEB_HOST_''' prefix and all packages should honour the
> value of CFLAGS etc. in the environment. Many packages are likely to
> do this by accident anyway. For packages that set CFLAGS etc., there
> are basically two common cases:
[...]
> It has the disadvantage that these macros might be injected into the
> build for some non-standard build systems.
If we would choose to use the common names without DEB_HOST_ prefix
should dpkg-buildpackage then honor them if they are already set in
the environment? Probably not as this seems error prone.
Gruesse,
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