On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 09:56:22PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > >  1) Implement support for calling 'debian/rules build-arch' in place of
> > >     'debian/rules build' by checking for the presence of the target using
> > >     'make -qn'.[1]

> Option 1 also implies forcing debian/rules to be a Makefile, which is
> think is sensible.

Well, it only implies forcing debian/rules to be a makefile *if the package
wants to benefit from build-arch*.

$ make -f config.sub  -qn build-arch; echo $?
config.sub:61: *** missing separator.  Stop.
2
$

That's sufficient to let dpkg-buildpackage conclude "build-arch is not
supported", falling back to debian/rules build, without stirring up the old
arguments about whether we want to keep Policy 4.9.

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