2015-05-06 16:13 GMT+03:00 Julien Cristau <[email protected]>: > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 16:07:36 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > >> 2015-05-06 15:22 GMT+03:00 Julien Cristau <[email protected]>: >> > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 12:40:51 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: >> >> Btw, I notice that XSF is still using Debhelper compatibility 8. Is >> >> there any particular reason for foregoing compatibility 9? >> >> >> > Depends on the package. I've been updating a few to debhelper compat 9 >> > recently. For drivers however, at least when using dh_auto_configure, >> > that requires overriding its multiarch libdir setting to keep things >> > under /usr/lib/xorg/modules. But there's no specific reason to avoid >> > bumping to 9 AFAIK. >> >> The consequences of compatibility level 9 (automatically enforced >> multiarch libdir) on drivers is precisely what I'm worried about. If >> there is a standardized debian/rules stanza for overriding this for X >> drivers, I would love to hear about it. >> > I've been using this: > > override_dh_auto_configure: > dh_auto_configure -- \ > --disable-silent-rules \ > --libdir=\$${exec_prefix}/lib > > See e.g. > http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-xorg/driver/xserver-xorg-video-trident.git/commit/?id=713c309b94fa2084dee04def78924fbc7563d011
Thanks for the link to that code sample! Implemented and ready to sponsor: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-geode/xserver-xorg-video-geode_2.11.16-9.dsc Cheers! Martin-Éric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/capzxpqemvqm0hifhohaktf8y3apauqmxouarvff-usogqow...@mail.gmail.com
