On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 06:27:11PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 06:50, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > (or possibly an alias for build-arch) > > Then it seems to me what you want is to make build-arch and build-indep > required targets, and just invoke build-arch directly.
The problem is not with we want but what dpkg-buildpackage implement. dpkg developers don't want to rely on debian/rules to be a Makefile so they have no simple way to query implemented debian/rules targets, so are stuck with the old interface. See bug #148932 Changing policy will go nowhere until the above is fixed. > I think 'build' should always depend on build-arch and build-indep, so > what you're suggestion isn't what is expected. I have tried and a get a FTBFS, so I gave up and make build depend only on build-arch. That said, I agree with you that the current situation is not optimal. If you want policy follow usage, make a policy proposal that require build to depend on build-arch (if available) but not build-indep. The alternative (changing dpkg) is out of reach. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here.
