[debhelper-devel] arch bulid dependency

[Niels Thykier]

Igor Kozhukhov:
> Hello All,
> 
> [...]
> 
> Question is: can we specify Build-Architecture: in control file for package
> what can be build only on specified platform and will be ignored for build
> on another platform?
> 
> [...]
> 
> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Kozhukhov
> 
> 
> [...]

Hi Igor,

No, you cannot at present as all Debian build tools ignore said field as
far as I know.
  The current proposal for Build-Architecture (not yet implemented
though) puts that field in the *source* part rather than the *binary*
part of the control file.

The reason for this is that it is the build scheduler, which need
schedule a build as a "arch:any-only" build or a "arch:any+arch:all"
based[1] on value of the Build-Architecture field.
  Please also note that the Debian infrastructure assumes that all
packages of a given architecture (including "arch:all") are uploaded
together.  That is, if you upload an arch:all package, you would have to
upload *all* arch:all packages built by that source.

Mind you, I have not followed the topic a lot given it did not seem to
be of immediate interest to debhelper.  Accordingly, I may not be
entirely up to speed on this.

Thanks,
~Niels

[1] Basically dpkg-buildpackage -B vs. dpkg-buildpackage -b



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