On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 02:49:46PM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote: > On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 08:21:22AM -0400, Daniel Schepler wrote: > > On Monday 08 October 2007 07:50:58 am Domenico Andreoli wrote: > > > > > > in the latter case, is there any conventional way to parse > > > DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS? last time i read about it there were a couple of ways > > > both having dark sides... ah.. BTW google is not able to provide me any > > > documentation of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS. where is it documented? > > > > It's documented in Debian policy, but parallel hasn't been added there yet. > > I > > think the new dpkg-buildpackage -j<n> passes > > DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=<n>". > > yes, it is in section 10.1. i was hoping some more documentation/use > was available. for instance, how one is supposed to set this variable? i > now know dpkg-buildpackage -jX sets it. what about other switches?
It is an environment variable. I think we can expect from linux developers and adminstrators to know what that means and how to use it. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]