On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 09:47:32PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> In the long run, we need a decent source dependency system, which
> integrates well with the build environment. [I'm imagining something
> along the lines of bsd's .include <bsd.whatever.mk> designed for
> debian/rules, and a source dependency system that lets you specify
> compiler versions or library versions independently from the target
> architecture.]
Huh? As in "Build-Depends: gcc (= 2.7.2)" ? How's this different to
Bug#41232? Or, rather, how is Bug#41232 lacking?
> But what you're doing right now: optimizing a hack... That's more
> likely to get in the way of the long term solution than anything else.
No, it's not. It's a clean tidy way of letting a builder say "Yes I
want debug information" or "No I don't want debug information" rather
than always trying to give em both.
Having the builder specify whether ey wants debug information and the
maintainer deciding in advance whether it's possible and reasonable
to honour that request seems a much more reliable way than having the
builder mess around with the build process without actually understanding
what's going on (ie, automatically).
Cheers,
aj
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