On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 12:59:11PM +0200, David Kuehling wrote:
> Well, if it allows people like me to just do 'apt-get source' and
> 'dpkg-buildpackage' without thinking about which kernel they run, it
> does more good than harm, doesn't it :)
> 
> Maybe the really correct, and right way to fix that, though, is to patch
> the configure script to check for the ABI used by $CC instead of 'uname
> -m'.  That kind of fix could then also go upstream.

Normally you pass the right build triplet coming from dpkg to configure through
debian/rules, though.  So it shouldn't rely on uname.

Kind regards,
Philipp Kern
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