Re: Bug#527871: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
Hi,
On Fri, May 08 2009, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.8.1.0
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
>
> Hi!
>
> Recommend using the DEB_*_ARCH_CPU and DEB_*_ARCH_OS variables instead
> of the GNU style ones. And mention that the latter are mostly intended
> for use with upstream build systems, and not Debian packaging.
>
> regards,
> guillem
>
> ---
> policy.sgml | 12 ++++++++++--
> 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> index 144cbfb..b42afe9 100644
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -1986,6 +1986,12 @@
> <tt>DEB_*_ARCH</tt> (the Debian architecture)
> </item>
> <item>
> + <tt>DEB_*_ARCH_CPU</tt> (the Debian CPU name)
> + </item>
> + <item>
> + <tt>DEB_*_ARCH_OS</tt> (the Debian System name)
> + </item>
> + <item>
> <tt>DEB_*_GNU_TYPE</tt> (the GNU style architecture
> specification string)
> </item>
> @@ -2013,8 +2019,10 @@
> It is important to understand that the <tt>DEB_*_ARCH</tt>
> string only determines which Debian architecture we are
> building on or for. It should not be used to get the CPU
> - or system information; the GNU style variables should be
> - used for that.
> + or system information; the <tt>DEB_*_ARCH_CPU</tt> and
> + <tt>DEB_*_ARCH_OS</tt> variables should be used for that.
> + GNU style variables should generally only be used with upstream
> + build systems.
> </p>
>
> <sect1 id="debianrules-options">
> --
> 1.6.3
Seconded.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/>
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