* Steve Langasek [2011-07-23 15:45 +0200]: > BTW, another option for the long-term solution which we haven't really > addressed head-on is that dpkg-buildpackage could detect whether both > arch-indep and arch-dep packages are present in debian/control, and use > build-arch *only* when both are present. This does not require either > heuristic detection (the presence or absence of arch-indep/arch-dep packages > is *definitional* of whether a separate build-arch rule is relevant, and > dpkg-buildpackage already parses debian/control), or the use of redundant > declarations (i.e, Build-Options).
An other option is to release a new Debian Policy version (maybe a major one), including either the requirement for source packages with arch-indep and arch-dep packages to provide build-arch (what you described above), or require all packages to provide build-arch as target; and during a transition period, let dpkg-buildpackage use the Standards-Version of a package to decide whether the build-arch target should be used. Carsten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
