Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: debhelper
It used to be that by default all packages are selected. However,
getpackages('both') is called from init(), which does not select
packages for architectures other than the build architecture. The old
behaviour of calling getpackages() should be used (no parameter, to get
all of them). This is line 79 in Dh_Lib.pm. There was a recent change
claiming that the new behaviour was more desirable to reduce the size of
debian/rules. However, it seems that the -s option already covers the
situation of smartly detecting compatibility.
Furthermore, I would also debate whether the new design of -a not
allowing architectures that don't match the current one is correct.
Wanting architecture-dependent packages says nothing about whether you
want them to match. Again, there is already a -s option. Now there is a
different default too. Making a third change to -a behaviour means there
is no way to specify building all architectures.
Perhaps it should also be an error rather than warning to ask for
packages that do not exist, or if there are no packages found?
** Affects: debhelper (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
no way to specify all architectures
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