Re: How to change config script for multiarch?
On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 at 11:03:04 +0100, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Alastair McKinstry
> <mckinstry@debian.org> wrote:
> > I've solved this problem by:
> > (1) creating a pkg-config script, adding it as multiarch.
> > (2) editing the config script to use the pkg-config script.
>
> (2) wrapper are not cross build safe...
Correct, but the existence of a foo-config script is not something
that Debian should unilaterally change. Upstream software that depends
on foo is still going to try to run foo-config, until/unless there is
a release of foo that deprecates foo-config and provides equivalent
pkg-config files.
In other words, please talk to the upstream maintainers
about adding pkg-config metadata and specifically deprecating
foo-config. Debian-specific patches can only benefit Debian and its
derivatives, upstream fixes benefit everyone.
S
Reply to: