Re: Are the build-arch and build-indep targets required?
Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org> writes:
> * Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu>, 2015-07-29, 12:04:
>
>> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-debianrules
>> first says yes, by starting a paragraph as:
>>
>> build-arch (required), build-indep (required)
>
> Yes, they were made mandatory in version 3.9.4 in August 2012. See
> bugs #374029 and #629385.
>
>> but a couple of paragraphs later is also says:
>>
>> Both binary-* targets should depend on the build target, or on the
>> appropriate build-arch or build-indep target, *if provided*, [...]
>
> I filed #793999 to fix this sentence.
Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> writes:
> Historically these targets didn't exist then for a period of time were
> only optional.
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for the clarification and the bug report!
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Feri.
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