Bill Allombert <[email protected]> writes: > On Mon, Feb 09, 2026 at 10:40:20AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> For example, if we add new flags for reproducible builds, the packages >> that don't use dpkg-buildflags really should pick those up, because >> reproducible builds is a general distribution goal. "Should," not >> "must," but it feels to me like should is appropriate here. > But then tracking Debian policy is sufficient (and mandatory already), > so tracking dpkg-buildflags is not needed. Hm, am I missing something? I don't see any mention of, e.g., -ffile-prefix-map in Debian Policy. So far as I know, that is tracked primarily in dpkg-buildflags. > To get back to my previous message, a change to dpkg-buildflags cannot > by itself change Debian policy, thus it is not necessary to track it to > follow policy. Right, that's the current state that this change would change. That's the point of this bug. -- Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
