Bug#1063605: debian-policy: mandate use of `dpkg-buildflags` for all software compilation on Debian

Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.policy
Organization The Eyrie
Message-ID <87ldh3m5g6.fsf__26325.5730898649$1770577050$gmane$org@hope.eyrie.org>
Bill Allombert <[email protected]> writes:
> On Sun, Feb 08, 2026 at 12:49:40PM +0000, Sean Whitton wrote:

>> LGTM, though as suggested by subsequent discussion, maybe you could
>> expand the last sentence's discussion to include reference to the other
>> sorts of packages that Bill and Simon raise -- especially the crypto
>> libs case.

> I would like to add that the flags set by dpkg-buildflags are not
> defined by the Debian policy.

I think that's true, if I understand what you mean by "defined," but I'm
not sure why it matters. Could you say more?
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