Sometime ago you mentioned a rewrite of the gcc rules file. Although I don't have the time now, I want to collect some ideas. What needs to be done:
- when moving /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, clean up the postinst files. - introduce a gcc-base package, which holds /usr/share/doc stuff for all binary packages. - remove the gcc_dirs needed for multilibs. - separate the rules file in some smaller chunks? or restructure it? - add support for debian-mips and debian-ultrasparc - add support for pgcc? pgcc is distributed as a patch to gcc-2.95, so this is not a technical problem. - honor the DEB_* variables when set in the environment. - rework the patch system and submit it to dh_make and/or debhelper as an example. Your input is welcome.
