Bug#759556: cross- pkg-config

2015-07-20 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 10:04:32PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > ]] Helmut Grohne > > 1. Triggering on /usr/bin/$arch-gcc is equivalent to triggering on > > /usr/bin, because triggers cannot contain wildcards. Triggering on > > /usr/bin is equivalent to triggering on every other package

Bug#759556: cross- pkg-config

2015-07-20 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Helmut Grohne > Hi Tollef, > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 02:27:16PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > Have the links created by triggers on /usr/bin/$arch-gcc. > > I have long pondered this possibility and concluded that triggers are > the wrong tool for the job. Here are a couple of reasons:

Bug#759556: cross- pkg-config

2015-07-20 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Tollef, On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 02:27:16PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > Have the links created by triggers on /usr/bin/$arch-gcc. I have long pondered this possibility and concluded that triggers are the wrong tool for the job. Here are a couple of reasons: 1. Triggering on /usr/bin/$arch

Bug#759556: cross- pkg-config

2014-12-02 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Timo Weingärtner > 2014-10-24 14:27:16 Tollef Fog Heen: > > Have the links created by triggers on /usr/bin/$arch-gcc. > > People might use clang instead of gcc, so IMO the triggers should be on some > file in libc6-dev, perhaps /usr/lib/XXX/libc.so. gcc is Build-Essential, so I think it's a

Bug#759556: cross- pkg-config

2014-12-02 Thread Timo Weingärtner
2014-10-24 14:27:16 Tollef Fog Heen: > Have the links created by triggers on /usr/bin/$arch-gcc. People might use clang instead of gcc, so IMO the triggers should be on some file in libc6-dev, perhaps /usr/lib/XXX/libc.so. Timo signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#759556: cross- pkg-config

2014-10-24 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Wookey > +++ Tollef Fog Heen [2014-10-24 13:31 +0200]: > > ]] Wookey > > > > > This patch does that in a very neat way which means that things > > > build-depending on pkg-config will get the right version installed > > > whether cross-building or not. > > > > I disagree with it being parti

Bug#759556: cross- pkg-config

2014-10-24 Thread Wookey
+++ Tollef Fog Heen [2014-10-24 13:31 +0200]: > ]] Wookey > > > This patch does that in a very neat way which means that things > > build-depending on pkg-config will get the right version installed > > whether cross-building or not. > > I disagree with it being particularly neat. > > > You exp

Bug#759556: cross- pkg-config

2014-10-24 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Wookey > This patch does that in a very neat way which means that things > build-depending on pkg-config will get the right version installed > whether cross-building or not. I disagree with it being particularly neat. > You expressed a lack of enthusiasm for this design at debconf, but > ha

Bug#759556: cross- pkg-config

2014-10-23 Thread Wookey
Now that we finally have some cross-compilers in the main archive we need to sort out pkg-config so that something provides -pkgconfig commands. This patch does that in a very neat way which means that things build-depending on pkg-config will get the right version installed whether cross-building