Mattia Rizzolo: > though, using dpkg-buildpackage is not mandatory, a package should be > able to build with just `debian/rules binary`. In such case SDE > wouldn't be exported. >
To be honest, I am largely considering dpkg-buildpackage being optional (for mandatory targets) as a great misfeature in our build system. It leads to us to duplicate logic or boilerplate in all packages rather than just fixing this at the root. > This looks fairly similar to e.g. DEB_HOST_ARCH & friends variables, > that even if they are exported by dpkg-buildpackage you should set them > in d/rules nonetheless. > > At least, that's what my AM told me back then ^^ Indeed, that is still the correct thing to do right now. However, I am convinced that long term we might be better off challenging this tradition. I honestly do not see the major benefit that justifies this level of code duplication. Thanks, ~Niels
