Bug#590157: [Build-common-hackers] Bug#590157: cdbs and module-assistant: conflicting use of DEB_DESTDIR variable

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Hi Jakub,

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:27:02PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:

Package: cdbs,module-assistant
Version: cdbs/0.4.87
Version: module-assistant/0.11.3
Severity: important

Hello,

Both packages use the DEB_DESTDIR variable, but with completely different semantics. It is close to impossible to use both cdbs and /us/share/modass/include/*.mk in a single debian/rules, see e.g. bug #577321.

Kind regards,

 - Jonas




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I fail to locate CDBS nor module-assistant even mentioned in that bugreport. That said, it certainly do not surprise me that CDBS is incompatible with other tools also using Make snippets and DEB_DESTDIR but differently. Suggestions of how to solve[1] this is of course appreciated, as is more info on what is the actual problem here. [1] except for rewriting CDBS to change semantics of DEB_DESTDIR or renaming that variable, both of which is unrealistic to change, I believe.

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