Frank Lichtenheld writes: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 05:08:13PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > > We define a set of macros which are passed from dpkg-buildpackage to > > If you say "macros" you mean the same as environment variables?
IIRC we cannot assume that debian/rules is a makefile and pass them as macros directly, so we have to pass them as environment variables. > [...] > > === Alternate naming of the macros === > > > > Do omit the '''DEB_HOST_''' prefix and all packages should honour the > > value of CFLAGS etc. in the environment. Many packages are likely to > > do this by accident anyway. For packages that set CFLAGS etc., there > > are basically two common cases: > [...] > > It has the disadvantage that these macros might be injected into the > > build for some non-standard build systems. > > If we would choose to use the common names without DEB_HOST_ prefix > should dpkg-buildpackage then honor them if they are already set in > the environment? Probably not as this seems error prone. yes, that makes sense. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
