Neil Williams wrote: [snip] > As noted elsewhere in this thread, --build can be specified alone but is > usually only used for specialist builds for i686 on i386 etc. I fail to > see the merit of proposing that packages add --build to the normal > Debian build for no reason.
One reason is that a guess via "uname" will lead to e.g. a mips64-linux build attempt on a 32 bit userland, just because the kernel is 64 bit. Generally speaking, such guesses are unreliable in multi-ABI environments. Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
