Re: gcc rules file
On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 11:22:59PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Sometime ago you mentioned a rewrite of the gcc rules file. Although I
> don't have the time now, I want to collect some ideas. What needs to
> be done:
>
> - when moving /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, clean up the postinst files.
Once the dust on this settles.
> - introduce a gcc-base package, which holds /usr/share/doc stuff for
> all binary packages.
>
> - remove the gcc_dirs needed for multilibs.
Definitely, now that I've got the multilib patches working better.
Maybe a multilib() macro.
> - separate the rules file in some smaller chunks? or restructure it?
Some pieces of it, definitely, should be more modular.
> - add support for pgcc? pgcc is distributed as a patch to gcc-2.95, so
> this is not a technical problem.
And maybe fix gpc.
> - rework the patch system and submit it to dh_make and/or debhelper as
> an example.
Or hash out a new source package format finally.
Dan
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