On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 11:46:20AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> Hello,
> I have recently asked Scott James Remnant[1] on IRC for comments on this
> problem and the proposed solution (#229357), to add Build-Options:
> build-arch' to debian/control if the package supported this target.
I've been wondering... why bother? Why can't we just make build-arch and
build-indep mandatory, and make stuff such as
build-indep: build-stamp
build-arch: build-stamp
build: build-stamp
build-stamp:
[whatever is necessary]
touch build-stamp
legal if splitting out build-indep and/or build-arch is impossible or
infeasible? That way, dpkg-buildpackage could assume that all three
targets are available, and just run the build-arch, build-indep, or
build targets, as necessary, without any risk for breakage.
Of course, doing so will need a long and painful transition plan, but I
think this would end us up with something not as kludgy as having to add
a field somewhere that would advertise the availability of certain
options.
Comments?
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