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| Started by | Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> |
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| First post | 2017-03-23 16:00 +0100 |
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Bug#858563: efl: invoking debian/rules directly does not work as intended Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2017-03-23 16:00 +0100
Bug#858563: efl: invoking debian/rules directly does not work as intended Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-03-23 21:00 +0100
| From | Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> |
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| Date | 2017-03-23 16:00 +0100 |
| Subject | Bug#858563: efl: invoking debian/rules directly does not work as intended |
| Message-ID | <tocnv-3Ak-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
Source: efl
Version: 1.8.6-2.5
On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 at 08:55:10 -0400, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> You only need [to pass --enable-fb explicitly] because you're calling
> debian/rules directly. If you use dpkg-buildpackage then
> DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS will be set, and the Makefile will automatically
> add --enable-fb.
This is *technically* a bug in the packaging: invoking debian/rules
directly is *meant* to work. efl's debian/rules should either
`include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk` (or at least architecture.mk),
or arrange for DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS to be set correctly by invoking
dpkg-buildflags itself.
(But I'm sure lots of other packages have the same bug: no infrastructure
in Debian systematically checks for it, and for a user of Debian packages,
building with dpkg-buildpackage or debuild is always preferred.)
I'm filing this as a normal-severity bug, because although it's a
Policy violation, it isn't a serious one IMO. Please adjust the severity
up or down according to the maintainer's opinion.
S
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| From | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> |
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| Date | 2017-03-23 21:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <toh3P-72e-17@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #814958 |
Simon McVittie writes ("Bug#858563: efl: invoking debian/rules directly does not work as intended"):
> (But I'm sure lots of other packages have the same bug: no infrastructure
> in Debian systematically checks for it, and for a user of Debian packages,
> building with dpkg-buildpackage or debuild is always preferred.)
Maybe it is time to change the policy and say that one should use
dpkg-buildpackage.
Ian.
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