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Re: [RFC] Package build time config for installation directories.



On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:03:50AM -0500, Itai Zukerman wrote:
> > >   dpkg-buildpackage --system-type i386-linuxlocal
> > > 
> > > (or something).  And, if that's the case, probably the system type
> > > should be part of the deb (the Architecture field)?
> > 
> > Maybe create an env var that this dpkg-dirs script will use to override
> > the default file?
> > 
> > DEBIAN_DIR_FORMAT=i386-linuxlocal dpkg-buildpackage
> 
> Then how do I know what system type foo_1.0.deb was compiled for?
> 
> Maybe that's not so important, tho...

Good point. Even if it did have a name for the system, it might not give
you any clue (since the names are arbitrary, if they aren't Debian
designed ones).

This point needs some thought.

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