Bug#704657: debian/rules: Inconsistent required targets
user debian-policy@packages.debian.org
tag 704657 pending
usertags 704657 informative
thanks
Le Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 12:54:30AM +0100, Roger Leigh a écrit :
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> The change was implemented in dpkg 1.16.2 just over a year ago.
>
> However, the intention is that the probing/autodetection is only
> a transitional measure, and this will be removed once the transition
> is complete. Once wheezy is released, lintian can make missing
> build-arch and build-indep targets an error rather than a warning,
> and then we can aim to fix up the remaining packages for jessie.
> I'll be doing some whole-archive rebuilds once wheezy is out to
> assess the scale of what percentage of the archive still needs
> attention. Once we're done with the transition, dpkg can then
> drop the autodetection logic by default.
Thanks for the information. Let's correct the footnote in section 7.7
after dpkg-buildpackage is updated.
I have updated 4.9 by adding build-arch and build-indep to the list in the
third paragraph as discussed. It will take effect with the release of the
Policy version 3.9.5.
Have a nice week-end.
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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