Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > It would be nice if `dpkg-buildpackage -B` first tried the build-arch > > target of debian/rules and only revert to the more lengthy and wasteful > > build target if build-arch weren't present. > > Issue is how to detect if debian/rules does not support build-arch. > Debian policy dictates that debian/rules has to be a makefile but > dpkg does not make that demand so we will need to work out a make > compatible method if detecting target support. Until that is done > and document we'll have to put this on hold.
Okay. > > I'm sure this would help slower arches such as m68k keep up. > > I suspect the effect will be very small actually. I don't think I have > ever seen a package that supports a build-arch target. > > Wichert. Build it and they will come. :-) Meaning that people will start writing compliant rules files when the feature is useful. Anyway, my gri package suuports it. Thanks, Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]