Bug#148932: dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage -B should try build-arch target

2003-04-07 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 08:59:25PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 08:03:18PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > > > > Firstly, a test to see if something is a makefile can be as simple as > > > > reading the first line of the file -- does it contain #!/usr/bin/make > > > > -f (as p

Bug#148932: dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage -B should try build-arch target

2003-04-07 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 08:03:18PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > > > Firstly, a test to see if something is a makefile can be as simple as > > > reading the first line of the file -- does it contain #!/usr/bin/make > > > -f (as policy dictates in 5.2) > > > > Wrong. Debian policy is just that, De

Bug#148932: dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage -B should try build-arch target

2003-04-07 Thread Bill Allombert
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.10.9 Followup-For: Bug #148932 Wichert wrote: > Previously Duncan Findlay wrote: > > Firstly, a test to see if something is a makefile can be as simple as > > reading the first line of the file -- does it contain #!/usr/bin/make > > -f (as policy dictates in 5.2) > >

Bug#148932: dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage -B should try build-arch target

2002-06-04 Thread Peter S Galbraith
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

Bug#148932: dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage -B should try build-arch target

2002-06-03 Thread Wichert Akkerman
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. D

Bug#148932: dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage -B should try build-arch target

2002-06-03 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.9.20 Severity: wishlist I was told today that autobuilders use `dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -B -r` to build packages for the various arches. Therefore a lot of CPU cycle are wasted building arch-independent stuff that will never be used (since the _all package isn't pre