Hi, On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:46:08 +0100 Harshula <harshula@debian.org> wrote: > Hi Helmut, > > Great, thanks for that! So, replace all instances of pkg-config calls > with $PKG_CONFIG calls to ensure the cross-build environment's > pkg-config executable is run. > > Should deprecating pkg-config calls go into debian-policy and/or > lintian? I noticed that a more specific issue you reported got turned > into > https://lintian.debian.org/tags/autotools-pkg-config-macro-not-cross-compilation-safe > . > > > Hi Boyuan, > > Thoughts? I just took a look, and in general I agree with https://bugs.debian.org/842441#57 . Upstream may not be aware of cross- compilation issues when drafting the build system scripts. Probably this patch can be contributed back to upstream. Thanks, Boyuan
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