On Sun, Apr 03, 2016 at 05:29:32PM +0000, Niels Thykier wrote: > Hi, > > The package #PACKAGE# builds an architecture independent *and* an > architecture dependent package, but does not have the (now mandatory) > "build-arch" and "build-indep" targets in debian/rules. > > We would like to phase out the hacks in dpkg, which are currently > needed to ensure that #PACKAGE# builds despite its lack of these > targets. > > * Please add build-arch and build-indep targets to #PACKAGE# at > your earliest convenience. > > * The work around will be removed in the first dpkg upload after > the 1st of June. After that upload, #PACKAGE# will FTBFS if > this bug has not been fixed before then. > > Thanks, > > See also: <link to the MBF thread>
I would probably mention somewhere that switching to "dh" does also count as a way of adding build-arch and build-indep targets. This way, if a maintainer already had "switching to dh" in his todo list, he/she may skip the intermediate step of adding those targets. Other than that, I wish you luck. The set of source packages being considered now is exactly the set of packages on which I have been testing "dpkg-buildpackage -A" for the last four months. Only half of the bugs are fixed or pending. If bug fixing follows the law of radioactive decay, this is going to take a lot more than expected. Thanks.
