Re: dh: different dh option for -indep

[Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Mon, 30 Dec 2013, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> Assuming foo-doc is arch independent and therefore not built on -B this
> should work: 
> 
> MYDHMODS := $(shell if dh_listpackages | grep -q foo-doc ; \
>         then echo "--with autoreconf,sphinxdoc" ; \
>         else echo "--with autoreconf" ; fi)
> 
> %:
>         dh  $@ $(MYDHMODS)

Nice trick! Still, this is a wrong optimization IMO. This complexifies the
packaging for no important gain.

It could be different if the package was one of those required to
bootstrap a new architecture but for a random package, it's just easier
and more maintainable to keep the sphinxdoc build-dep in Build-Depends.

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer

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