Re: Bug#216492: FTBFS (unstable/all) missing build-dep

[Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 03:30:52PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > The defect is that build-indep is made as root. The advantage over 
> > Andrew solution is to not make build-arch as root.
> 
> We haven't built packages as root for years. This argument seems
> pretty irrelevant.

Buildd do build packages as root, AFAIK, and there are precisely the
targeted audience. Also policy don't mandate packages being buildable
under fakeroot.

> > > > Ultimately we should either deprecate the build* targets, or make
> > > > build-{arch,indep} mandatory and deprecate build.
> > 
> > Again there are other possibilities, like using make variable for the
> > transition.
> 
> I say this is impossible, on account of it being precisely equivalent
> to using the build* targets. Describe such a possibility in detail if
> you think otherwise.

I don't pretend to implement policy as its stand now, but to
provide an alternative which is backward compatible.

Here a refinement the proposal in <nkDa6B.A.CvH.1lmk_@murphy>:

Add at the top of debian/rules

  BUILD=build-arch build-indep

and changes build target to depend on

  build: $(BUILD)

At this point build-arch is emulated by runinng 

  debian/rules build BUILD=build-arch

and build-indep by

  debian/rules build BUILD=build-indep

so far it is the cleanest solution.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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