Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2010, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> Given that it will probably be a while before this tool is used >> universally, what benefit does an existing package with code like the >> above get from switching to using dpkg-buildflags? > > It will allow users of source packages to experiment more easily with > alternate flags (hardening, -Wall -Werror, etc.). [...] >> - Some packages cannot tolerate certain optimizations [3]. Are they >> required to declare this? >> - Some build systems do not tolerate warnings (because they check >> stderr or because they use -Werror). Some compiler flags add >> warnings. Is this a bug, and should policy mandate any >> preventative measures? > > For both of those, I think this is unrelated. The users trying new flags > should certainly expect failures on some packages.
With this caveat the idea makes more sense to me. Thanks for the explanation. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
