[Build-common-hackers] Bug#617841: Bug#617841: Bug#617841: cdbs: support for exporting multiarch path variable

[Jonas Smedegaard]

tags 617841 pending
thanks

On 11-03-16 at 10:34pm, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 09:31:24AM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:52:08AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > >Multiarch support is coming to Debian soon.  It would be helpful if 
> > >cdbs would start exporting DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH along with the other 
> > >standard dpkg-architecture variables.  (This variable will only be 
> > >available once dpkg 1.16.0 is uploaded; however there's no reason 
> > >for cdbs not to start exporting it now, it will just be empty until 
> > >dpkg support is in place.)

[snip]

> >  From a brief test it seems that it won't just be empty if 
> > unsupported but will fail with an exit code 9.

[snip]

> Why should this exit code matter?  Make doesn't care what the return 
> code of the shell function is, only the output, so the '|| true' is a 
> no-op.  I.e., it already fails gracefully without needing to spawn an 
> extra subprocess.

You are right, off course.  I am applying it now.


 - Jonas

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