Bug#430649: Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 11:53:36AM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.7.2.2
> Severity: normal
> 
>         Hi,
> 
>  In the discussions of bug #209008 (parallel building), Peter Samuelson
>  explained he uses comma-separated keywords in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.
>  Please document how keywords in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS are allowed to be
>  separated.

I agree it is important that all debian/rules parse the options the same
way. However "findstring" actually allow both spaces and commas as separator.

>    I find the recommendation of the Make function "findstring" a poor
>  one as it will match subwords and will make it harder to introduce new
>  keywords (as we will have to ensure the new keywords aren't matched in
>  current rules).

Could you provide a Makefile snippet that implement your proposal 
instead of "findstring" ?

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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