Source: debhelper Version: 10.2.5 Tags: patch User: helm...@debian.org Usertags: rebootstrap
Hi Niels, in an earlier change, the makefile buildsystem started supplying CC and CXX for cross compilation. That fixed a lot of cross builds, but there are still a lot failing ones. A recurring theme is packages that use pkg-config. Usage of pkg-config is great, because it generally does the right thing for cross compilation, but packages tend to pick the plain build architecture "pkg-config", which fails to find host architecture libraries. A number of them allow substituting it via PKG_CONFIG, but that remains unset thus far. I therefore ask you to supply PKG_CONFIG as well. A codesearch[1] can give you an idea which packages would profit. Of course my request comes with the trivial patch attached. Helmut [1] https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=PKG_CONFIG[^_]*%3D+path%3Adebian%2Frules
diff --minimal -Nru debhelper-10.2.5/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/makefile.pm debhelper-10.2.5+nmu1/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/makefile.pm --- debhelper-10.2.5/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/makefile.pm 2016-12-07 19:46:57.000000000 +0100 +++ debhelper-10.2.5+nmu1/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/makefile.pm 2017-02-01 19:49:36.000000000 +0100 @@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ use parent qw(Debian::Debhelper::Buildsystem); my %DEB_DEFAULT_TOOLS = ( - 'CC' => 'gcc', - 'CXX' => 'g++', + 'CC' => 'gcc', + 'CXX' => 'g++', + 'PKG_CONFIG' => 'pkg-config', ); # make makes things difficult by not providing a simple way to test diff --minimal -Nru debhelper-10.2.5/debian/changelog debhelper-10.2.5+nmu1/debian/changelog --- debhelper-10.2.5/debian/changelog 2017-01-25 21:47:27.000000000 +0100 +++ debhelper-10.2.5+nmu1/debian/changelog 2017-02-01 19:49:38.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +debhelper (10.2.5+nmu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Supply PKG_CONFIG for cross compilation with the makefile buildsystem. + (Closes: #-1) + + -- Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:49:38 +0100 + debhelper (10.2.5) unstable; urgency=medium [ Translations ]
