On Sun, 15 Sep 2019 11:19:00 +0000 Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net> wrote: > [...] > Niels Thykier: > > Package: debhelper > > Version: 12.5.4 > > Severity: important > > > > Hi, > > > > I think it is time for a reboot of #919117, comment #20 if we want this for > > bullseye: > > > > """ > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 12:42 AM Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> wrote: > > > >> I think this discrepancy is a design bug in Meson. Meson should either > >> use environment variables or not. For native compilation, you can simply > >> use a native file. Artificially handling things differently just makes > >> cross compilation unnecessarily hard. > > > > Using only native and cross files is exactly the thing that we want to > > do and are working towards. Sadly it is likely that we will never be > > able to get rid of the envvar support. For all the gory details see > > for example: > > > > https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/4664 > > """ > > > > AFAICT, it would just be a question of doing: > > > > """ > > /usr/share/meson/debcrossgen -a"$DEB_BUILD_ARCH" > > -o"$DIR/meson-native-file.conf" > > /usr/share/meson/debcrossgen -a"$DEB_HOST_ARCH" > > -o"$DIR/meson-cross-file.conf" > > meson --native-file "$DIR/meson-native-file.conf" --cross-file > > "$DIR/meson-cross-file.conf" ... > > """ > > > > OR does it need a special case for cross-building vs. native? > > > > """ > > /usr/share/meson/debcrossgen -a"$DEB_BUILD_ARCH" > > -o"$DIR/meson-native-file.conf" > > if (is_cross_compiling()) { > > /usr/share/meson/debcrossgen -a"$DEB_HOST_ARCH" > > -o"$DIR/meson-cross-file.conf" > > meson --native-file "$DIR/meson-native-file.conf" --cross-file > > "$DIR/meson-cross-file.conf" ... > > } else { > > meson --native-file "$DIR/meson-native-file.conf" ... > > } > > """ > > > > @Helmut, @Jussi: > > > > * Do we agree on the above approach? > > > > * Do you see any issues with this approach? > > > > AFAIUI, the advantage is that we will use the same code path for > > native and cross-building plus the meson upstream prefer this approach > > over status-quo. > > > > Thanks, > > ~Niels > >
@Helmut and @Jussi: I am still hoping for a comment from you on this bug. :) Thanks, ~Niels
