Re: Bug#843910: cups-pdf FTCBFS: uses build architecture compiler

[Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>]

2016-11-10 18:10 GMT+02:00 Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>:
> Source: cups-pdf
> Version: 2.6.1-21
> Tags: patch
> User: helmutg@debian.org
> Usertags: rebootstrap
>
> cups-pdf fails to cross build from source, because it uses the build
> architecture compiler. Defaulting CC to a triplet-prefixed compiler
> fixes the build. Please consider applying the attached patch.
>
> Helmut

Thanks for the patch.

I cannot help but wonder if setting CC for cross-build would be best
handled by the build tools themselves, rather than compensated for by
individual packages' debian/rules.

Opinions?

Cheers!
Martin-Éric