Bug#1063605: debian-policy: mandate use of `dpkg-buildflags` for all software compilation on Debian

2024-02-10 Thread Ansgar
On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 22:01 +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 09:16:00PM +0100, Ansgar wrote: > > with the upcoming time_t & friends 64-bit transition, dpkg- > > buildflags > > will be used to configure the ABI in use. > > This decision comes from the wrong premise that the

Bug#1063605: debian-policy: mandate use of `dpkg-buildflags` for all software compilation on Debian

2024-02-09 Thread Bill Allombert
On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 09:16:00PM +0100, Ansgar wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.6.2.0 > Severity: important > > Hi, > > with the upcoming time_t & friends 64-bit transition, dpkg-buildflags > will be used to configure the ABI in use. This decision comes from the wrong premise that

Bug#1063605: debian-policy: mandate use of `dpkg-buildflags` for all software compilation on Debian

2024-02-09 Thread Ansgar
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.6.2.0 Severity: important Hi, with the upcoming time_t & friends 64-bit transition, dpkg-buildflags will be used to configure the ABI in use. Thus all compiler invocations *must* use the flags specified by dpkg-buildflags to avoid ABI inconsistencies like this