Bug#617761: [PATCH] Add support for multiarch

2011-04-04 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Joey, I'm pleased to report that dpkg 1.16.0 has been uploaded to unstable this weekend: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-changes/2011/04/msg00106.html So DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH is now available in unstable, and this should no longer block debhelper 8.1.3. Do you know when you might upload

Bug#617761: [PATCH] Add support for multiarch

2011-03-13 Thread Steve Langasek
unmerge 614731 617761 retitle 614731 support for env var substitutions in .install (helps multiarch) thanks On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 02:24:42PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > > - Is bumping the dpkg-dev dependency ok, or should we instead > >opportunistically detect the DEB_

Bug#617761: [PATCH] Add support for multiarch

2011-03-12 Thread Joey Hess
Steve Langasek wrote: > - Is bumping the dpkg-dev dependency ok, or should we instead >opportunistically detect the DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH field and fall back to >/usr/lib otherwise? I've chosen to do both. This way, backporters can simply make a version of debhelper that drops the dependency

Bug#617761: [PATCH] Add support for multiarch

2011-03-10 Thread Steve Langasek
Package: debhelper Version: 8.1.2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch User: vor...@debian.org Usertags: multiarch Hi Joey, With multiarch support landing soon, I think it makes sense for dh to default to multiarch directories where possible. (Though "where possible" seems to be limited to autoconf; I