On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:43:36PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > On 05/24/2010 11:05 AM, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The versions 1.15.6 and 1.15.7 of dpkg introduced several important changes. > > Let's skim over them: > [...] > > * dpkg-dev provides a new script called dpkg-buildflags that packages > > should use in debian/rules to retrieve the default value of various > > compilation flags. Bug #578597[1] has been submitted against > > debian-policy. When generalized this offer us centralized archive-wide > > control of the default build flags as well as the possibility for > > end-users to try out easily new flags. > > So you plan to enforce something which resulted in a lot of FTBFS due to the > fact that buildflags, which were written into a Makefile by configure or > similar > tools, were overridden by the default values from dpkg again as they were > still > present in the environment? [...]
Environment variables do not override variable definitions in a makefile. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. - Albert Camus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100526210731.ge5...@decadent.org.uk