On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 17:40 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > On 22/05/2008, Neil Williams wrote: > > To check the arch, always test against the HOST architecture. Native > > builds set HOST == BUILD but if the package is ever cross-built, your > > debian/rules must allow building an ARM package on amd64 (HOST=ARM, > > BUILD=amd64) and *NOT* enable -mtune. > > That should read: “If you want to make Neil Williams happy, your > debian/rules must allow building an ARM package on amd64”.
It was meant to highlight cross-building on any arch for any arch. It is all too easy to detect architecture-specific changes using BUILD and although counter-intuitive, it actually needs to be HOST that determines architecture-specific changes. More than one package in Debian has already made that mistake and it saves time if this is fixed now so that I don't have to file a bug report later. ;-) > That sentence most probably lacked an “e.g.”, “for example”, or “in > particular” somewhere. I currently spend large amounts of time crossbuilding packages for ARM on amd64 machines so, yes, ARM on amd64 was an example. -- Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
