On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 10:30:55AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to gather up some momentum for a policy change. Namely > that the build-arch/indep targets in debian/rules become required > instead of being optional. > > The reason for this is that dpkg-buildpackage can't reliable detect > the existance of the build-arch/indep targets and must call 'build' > instead. This forces every source to compile both architecture > specific and architecture independent code on all buildds and > increases the Build-Depends of packages a lot.
I suggest anyone reread the bug log for #218893 that give a full account of the problem before commenting. My preference is for the dpkg maintainers to apply the patch in the buglog #229357, or at least reply to it. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
