Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.14.25 Severity: normal Hi,
I just noticed the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS has changed recently, it's no longer comma-separated but space-separated. When trying to use the old format, tools like dh_strip retain backwards compatibility. dpkg-buildpackage, however, seems to detect this and unsets the variable (or maybe this happens by accident). In any case, it doesn't print any warning about it, and user is left with no information on why his options take no effect (is dh_strip ignoring 'nostrip', or maybe upstream makefiles stripping binaries, or...). It took me a while to figure out what was happening, since dpkg-buildpackage is the least expected place. I would recommend to maintain backward compatibility. If that's not possible or undesirable, at least dpkg-buildpackage could print a warning saying that DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS variable will be unset. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-libre2-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=ca_AD.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_AD.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on: ii binutils 2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii bzip2 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii cpio 2.9-13 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii dpkg 1.14.25 Debian package management system ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii make 3.81-5 The GNU version of the "make" util ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original ii perl [perl5] 5.10.0-19 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii perl-modules 5.10.0-19 Core Perl modules Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends: ii bcc [c-compiler] 0.16.17-3 16-bit x86 C compiler ii build-essential 11.4 Informational list of build-essent ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.3.2-2 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-3.4 [c-compiler] 3.4.6-9 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.2-25 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.2 [c-compiler] 4.2.4-6 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.3 [c-compiler] 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU C compiler Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests: ii debian-keyring 2009.01.18 GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of D ii gnupg 1.4.9-3 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
