Bug#918030: please provide DEB_HOST_UNAME_MACHINE

2019-01-02 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Jonathan, On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 05:49:48PM -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Interesting. Can you give an example of a package that would benefit > from this? https://sources.debian.org/src/klibc/2.0.4-14/Makefile/?hl=33#L33

Bug#918030: please provide DEB_HOST_UNAME_MACHINE

2019-01-02 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Helmut Grohne wrote: > I find myself repeating a mapping from Debian architectures to the > typical output of uname -m (and occasionally -s) in various packages. > Copying such code is going to be a maintenance nightmare, so it should > live somewhere central. I propose

Bug#918030: please provide DEB_HOST_UNAME_MACHINE

2019-01-02 Thread Helmut Grohne
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.19.2 Severity: wishlist User: helm...@debian.org Usertags: rebootstrap Hi, I find myself repeating a mapping from Debian architectures to the typical output of uname -m (and occasionally -s) in various packages. Copying such code is going to be a maintenance