Re: Environment variables, debian/rules and dpkg-buildpackage

["Giacomo A. Catenazzi" <cate@debian.org>]

Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:41:30PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >         The only builds Debian supports are not just the buildd ones. As
> >  members of the free software community, we should also cater to end
> >  users building, tweaking, and rebuilding our software.
>
> The only builds Debian supports are the ones that are distributed from the
> archive.  Debian doesn't "support" any other builds.  Some other builds will
> work and be compatible with Debian.  Others won't, and if they don't, it's
> left to the discretion of the individual maintainer whether to help.

We support more than just building for the archive:
E.g. we want to support user to rebuild packages with no optimization and debug
symbols, to help us to find out bugs.
See also http://debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-debianrules-options

ciao
	cate