[debhelper-devel] Bug#759812: Bug#759812: Bug#759812: Make the multiarch tuple available in helpers

[Christian Kastner]

On 2014-09-02 17:16, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 10:57:40AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
>> Christian Kastner wrote:
>>> The attached patch extends dh_installdirs, dh_install, and dh_link such
>>> that in v10 mode, the literal string :multiarch: is substituted with the
>>> appropriate multiarch tuple during their operation.
> 
>> I think that Ubuntu had a patch for this or something similar 
>> earlier, so it may be good to reuse the syntax. Or perhaps ${multiarch}.
> 
>> We need to avoid something that conflicts with anything in any debhelper
>> config files. It would be good to eg, grep the lintian lab.
> 
> The Ubuntu patch was superseded by dh-exec.  Is there a reason to add
> support for this, given that dh-exec is now in widespread use in the archive
> as a solution for this precise problem?

No, the solution provided by dh-exec is sufficient. I had ruled out
dh-exec much earlier, but for apparently erroneous reasons.

I believe this bug can be closed. Even if debhelper were extended with
the proposed simple substitution, I suspect that eventually, it would
evolve to what dh-exec is already providing anyway.