Hi Niels,

thanks for your explanation.

On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 04:45:54AM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
> Marc Haber:
> > while debugging a package build process, I would have liked to see what
> > debhelper does with dpkg-buildflags. Setting DH_VERBOSE didn't give any
> > results, so I chmodded dpkg-buildflags to 000. This shows that debhelper
> > calls dpkg-buildflags but doesn't show that in DH_VERBOSE mode:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > I think that those calls should be part of verbose output, and it should
> > be shown what debhelper does with dpkg-buildflag's output.

> My answer is going into several directions here.  First off, DH_VERBOSE
> (or --verbose) has conflicting documentation.  I will amend that and
> close this bug with it.  My understanding is that the definition from
> --verbose is prevailing, but I will check up on that.

Thank you. At least I was able to move something in the right direction.

> I hope this email answered your question to satisfaction and led you to
> the root of your issue.

At least it has given some insight. I should have looked at that include
myself. Now I can find out why those QA chains complain that the package
does not have evidence of dpkg-buildflags or whether this is a false
alert.

Greetings
Marc

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