On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 06:16, Bill Allombert wrote: > 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.
Right. > 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. You just want to give up? I think that'd be very depressing. You know, there is another solution: have the autobuilders install Build-Depends-Indep too until such time as we have a proper build-arch/build-indep.
