Bug#604397: Request for TC to rule on a course of action for supporting build-arch

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

On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 12:09:34PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 02:15:37AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> >  1) Implement support for calling 'debian/rules build-arch' in place of
> >     'debian/rules build' by checking for the presence of the target using
> >     'make -qn'.[1]
> > 
> >  2) Implement support for calling 'debian/rules build-arch' with a fallback
> >     to 'debian/rules build' by checking whether the output of the build-arch
> >     target matches that of a dummy target.[2]
> > 
> >  3) Implement support for calling 'debian/rules build-arch' in place of
> >     'debian/rules build' if a Build-Options field is set in debian/control
> >     of the source package specifying that this target is supported.[3]
> 
> For the record, I have been working to the patch that implement 3) to get accepted,
> see bug #229357.

Still for the record this patch has been accepted in dpkg as of today:
    http://git.debian.org/?p=dpkg/dpkg.git;a=commitdiff;h=14d48ef
Does that make this bug moot for all concerned ?

I plan to repropose #218893 with updated wording to match this dpkg change.

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

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