Control: tags -1 wontfix On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 06:26:36 +0200 Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: debhelper > Version: 10.2.5 > Severity: wishlist > File: /usr/bin/dh_makeshlibs > > dpkg-gensymbols handles an option -a$arch such that "dpkg-architecture > -a$arch -c dpkg-gensymbols ..." is equivalent to "dpkg-gensymbols > -a$arch ...". Practically, the primary mean to call dpkg-gensymbols is > through dh_makeshlibs. Passing the -a flag through dh_makeshlibs (after > --) is a bad idea though, because dh_makeshlibs uses the host > architecture on its own. This situation looks a little weired to me, but > not too much. I basically see three options now: > > a) Have dh_makeshlibs gain a new option -a that behaves like the one > from dpkg-gensymbols and passes it down. > b) Have dpkg-gensymbols deprecate -a and recommend using the > dpkg-architecture indirection. (reassign -1 dpkg-dev) > c) Ignore the small inconsistency and close this bug as wontfix. > > I hope this bug is worth reporting it. > > Helmut > >
Hi, I believe we came to the conclusion on IRC that this was only needed for bi-arch/multilib packages (which should ideally disappear). With a trivial work around known and the problem only applying to legacy packages, I prefer not adding a feature to debhelper for it. Thanks, ~Niels
