On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 09:16:38AM -0500, Itai Zukerman wrote: > > +include /etc/dpkg-dev/dirs.$(DEBIAN_GNU_HOST_TYPE) > > > > - ./configure > > + ./configure --sbindir=$(sbindir) --bindir=$(bindir) --etcdir=$(etcdir) > > The proposal makes perfect sense, I just have one concern: I see that > dpkg-buildpackage takes an architecture flag, but I don't think > there's a way to specify a "system type" (i386-hurd, for example). If > I want to put stuff in /usr/local, should I do i386-linuxlocal, and > how? I think it would be nice to: > > dpkg-buildpackage --system-type i386-linuxlocal > > (or something). And, if that's the case, probably the system type > should be part of the deb (the Architecture field)?
Maybe create an env var that this dpkg-dirs script will use to override the default file? DEBIAN_DIR_FORMAT=i386-linuxlocal dpkg-buildpackage then create and edit /etc/dpkg-dev/dirs.i386-linuxlocal Makes sense? -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
