[Build-common-hackers] Bug#651966: Bug#651966: class/langcore.mk: DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS not passed to dpkg-buildflags

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On 11-12-13 at 06:05pm, Simon Ruderich wrote:
> Package: cdbs
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch
> 
> Hello,
> 
> To modify hardening flags dpkg-buildflags uses the
> DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS environmental variable. For example to
> enable all hardening flags the maintainer can set it in
> debian/rules:
> 
>     export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=+all
> 
>     include /usr/share/cdbs/1/...
>     ...
> 
> But $(shell ...) doesn't inherit exported variables, thus at the
> moment it's not possible to use DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS to modify
> dpkg-buildflags hardening flags in cdbs.

Why is this severity important?


 - Jonas

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