[debhelper-devel] [debhelper] 02/02: debhelper: Use DEB_HOST_ARCH instead "build arch"

Niels Thykier nthykier at moszumanska.debian.org
Sun Apr 3 07:49:26 UTC 2016


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commit e81b248f60f17ad0845ca1a8dcc934a314407f87
Author: Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net>
Date:   Sun Apr 3 07:49:00 2016 +0000

    debhelper: Use DEB_HOST_ARCH instead "build arch"
    
    Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net>
---
 debhelper.pod    | 4 ++--
 debian/changelog | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod
index 4506179..88caa27 100644
--- a/debhelper.pod
+++ b/debhelper.pod
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ will output what it would have done.
 =item B<-a>, B<--arch>
 
 Act on architecture dependent packages that should be built for the
-build architecture.
+B<DEB_HOST_ARCH> architecture.
 
 =item B<-i>, B<--indep>
 
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ If none are given, debhelper programs default to acting on all packages listed
 in the control file, with the exceptions below.
 
 First, any package whose B<Architecture> field in B<debian/control> does not
-match the build architecture will be excluded
+match the B<DEB_HOST_ARCH> architecture will be excluded
 (L<Debian Policy, section 5.6.8>).
 
 Also, some additional packages may be excluded based on the contents of the
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index da0ea99..e0f3be3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ debhelper (9.20160402+unreleased) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     non-autotools can be built in compat 10.
   * dh: In a "PROMISE: DH NOOP" clause, make no assumptions
     about being able to skip "foo(bar)" if "foo" is not known.
+  * debhelper.pod: Use DEB_HOST_ARCH instead of the incorrect
+    "build architecture".  Thanks to Helmut Grohne for the
+    report.
 
  -- Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net>  Sat, 02 Apr 2016 20:57:18 +0000
 

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