Bug#912201: RFS: manticore/2.7.3 [ITP]
[2018-12-10 22:13] Adrian Nuta <adrian.nuta@manticoresearch.com>
> * Using output of `lsb_release' in CPP flags could be issue for
> > reproducibility. Is it strictly necessary?
> >
>
> That flag is for our cmake to know on which distro is (the output of that
> command involving lsb_release should be 'debian' ) - we already have it
> setup to build for several distros, but need to tell him on which he is.
> I saw others use lsb_release output in control for similar job. I'm open to
> suggestions.
(Debian hat) Fine.
(Programmer hat) Why build system need to know, which distro it is build
on? I guess (did not check sources) you actually interested in
something more specific, then name of distribution (my
linux-from-scratch installation does not have name, for example).
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