From: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:05:17 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=edb5a726949c487d31fee1d76f92de9d28c979c5;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git

Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables

Recommend using the DEB_*_ARCH_CPU and DEB_*_ARCH_OS variables instead
of the GNU style ones. And mention that the latter are mostly intended
for use with upstream build systems, and not Debian packaging.
---

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 0a924f7..6a62674 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1985,6 +1985,12 @@
 	    <item>
 		<tt>DEB_*_ARCH</tt> (the Debian architecture)
 	    </item>
+	    <item>
+		<tt>DEB_*_ARCH_CPU</tt> (the Debian CPU name)
+	    </item>
+	    <item>
+		<tt>DEB_*_ARCH_OS</tt> (the Debian System name)
+	    </item>
 	    <item>
 		<tt>DEB_*_GNU_TYPE</tt> (the GNU style architecture
 		specification string)
@@ -2013,8 +2019,10 @@
 	  It is important to understand that the <tt>DEB_*_ARCH</tt>
 	  string only determines which Debian architecture we are
 	  building on or for. It should not be used to get the CPU
-	  or system information; the GNU style variables should be
-	  used for that.
+	  or system information; the <tt>DEB_*_ARCH_CPU</tt> and
+	  <tt>DEB_*_ARCH_OS</tt> variables should be used for that.
+	  GNU style variables should generally only be used with upstream
+	  build systems.
 	</p>
 
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