Bug#858563: efl: invoking debian/rules directly does not work as intended

From	Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.devel
Subject	Bug#858563: efl: invoking debian/rules directly does not work as intended
Date	2017-03-23 16:00 +0100
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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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Re: [E-devel] EFL 1.19.0-beta3 (from git) package for Debian  Experimental Ross Vandegrift <ross@kallisti.us> - 2017-03-20 21:40 +0100
  Re: [E-devel] EFL 1.19.0-beta3 (from git) package for Debian  Experimental Ross Vandegrift <ross@kallisti.us> - 2017-03-22 01:00 +0100
    Re: [E-devel] EFL 1.19.0-beta3 (from git) package for Debian  Experimental Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <raster@rasterman.com> - 2017-03-23 07:40 +0100
      Re: [E-devel] EFL 1.19.0-beta3 (from git) package for Debian Experimental Jose R R <jose.r.r@metztli.com> - 2017-03-23 08:40 +0100
        Re: [E-devel] EFL 1.19.0-beta3 (from git) package for Debian  Experimental marcel-hollerbach@t-online.de - 2017-03-23 10:50 +0100
        Re: [E-devel] EFL 1.19.0-beta3 (from git) package for Debian  Experimental Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <raster@rasterman.com> - 2017-03-23 11:30 +0100
          Re: [E-devel] EFL 1.19.0-beta3 (from git) package for Debian  Experimental Ross Vandegrift <ross@kallisti.us> - 2017-03-23 14:10 +0100
            Re: [E-devel] EFL 1.19.0-beta3 (from git) package for Debian  Experimental Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <raster@rasterman.com> - 2017-03-24 03:00 +0100
    Re: [E-devel] EFL 1.19.0-beta3 (from git) package for Debian  Experimental Ross Vandegrift <ross@kallisti.us> - 2017-03-23 14:00 +0100
      Bug#858563: efl: invoking debian/rules directly does not work as intended Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2017-03-23 16:00 +0100
      Re: [E-devel] EFL 1.19.0-beta3 (from git) package for Debian Experimental Jose R R <jose.r.r@metztli.com> - 2017-03-24 13:50 +0100

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