On Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 09:54:13PM +0200, Robert Stepanek wrote: > And a question: > I have installed dpkg Version 1.4.1.6, when I run it with > --print-gnu-build-architecture, I get: > > shoggoth:/src# dpkg --print-gnu-build-architecture > dpkg: warning, architecture `i386' not in remapping table > i386 > > Is this correct, shouldn't it mean "hurd-i386" ?
It is not correct, but hurd-i386 is not correct either. There is NO correct value for this option. I choose to ignore it. I could make it print out "DO NOT USE THIS OPTION, YOU FOOL! IT BREAKS OUR NICE HURD PORT!!!!", and I am _really_ tempted to do so. Instead, I implemented a proposal to get the right values. It is called dpkg-architecture. dpkg 1.4.1.6 has this script, as well as some modifications to the dpkg tools. To get the build machines Debian distribution, use $(DEB_BUILD_ARCH) in the debian/rules script. To get the GNU system type, use $(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE). There are a few more make variables set. For compatibility, use dpkg --print-installation-architecture and some magic described in the documentation of dpkg-architecture. Please send me your patches that make use of this feature before anyone else. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
