Re: [PATCH] Add support for specifying package architecture using DPKG_ARCH

[Baurzhan Ismagulov <ibr@radix50.net>]

Looking at dpkg-buildpackage(1), I see:

       -g     Equivalent to --build=source,all (since dpkg 1.17.11).

       -G     Equivalent to --build=source,any (since dpkg 1.17.11).

       -b     Equivalent to --build=binary or --build=any,all.

       -B     Equivalent to --build=any.

       -A     Equivalent to --build=all.

       -S     Equivalent to --build=source.

       -F     Equivalent    to    --build=full,    --build=source,binary    or
              --build=source,any,all (since dpkg 1.15.8).

So, the mechanism seems to be there. The question is how to split the
processing into two steps and tell bitbake to build the "all" part once.

With kind regards,
Baurzhan.


On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 12:20:42PM +0200, Baurzhan Ismagulov wrote:
> Debian should have the issue as well. I suppose, in Debian currently the last
> one wins, which should be fine with correct packaging. In that case, reducing
> the number of builds would be a welcome optimization. "Architecture-independent
> packages that can only be generated on one architecture" in [1] goes even
> further.
> 
> 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec