Lintian tag: debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable

Type: warning

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

The debian/rules file sets one or more dpkg-architecture variables such as
DEB_BUILD_ARCH.

These variables are pre-initialized in the environment when running under
dpkg-buildpackage - avoiding these assignments can reduce package build
time.

Please use:

include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk

instead, or replace the assignment operator with ?=.

Please refer to the dpkg-architecture(1) manual page for details.

Visibility: warning
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/rules

Affected packages

source version binary level tag count information
binutils 2.46.50.20260617-1 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_TARGET_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:239]
binutils 2.46.50.20260617-1 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:255]
binutils 2.46.50.20260617-1 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:253]
binutils 2.46.50.20260617-1 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_TARGET_ARCH [debian/rules:238]
binutils 2.46.50.20260617-1 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_TARGET_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:240]
binutils-gold 2.44-3 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:255]
binutils-gold 2.44-3 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_TARGET_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:242]
binutils-gold 2.44-3 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_TARGET_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:241]
binutils-gold 2.44-3 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:257]
binutils-gold 2.44-3 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_TARGET_ARCH [debian/rules:240]
cde 0.1+git9-g551e54d-3 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:29]
cde 0.1+git9-g551e54d-3 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_ARCH [debian/rules:31]
cde 0.1+git9-g551e54d-3 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:30]
cdrom-checker 1.69 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:3]
condor 25.10.1+dfsg-2 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_TARGET_ARCH [debian/rules:10]
condor 25.11.0+dfsg-1 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_TARGET_ARCH [debian/rules:10]
devicexlib 0.9.1-1 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:8]
flex 2.6.4-8.2 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:21]
flex 2.6.4-8.2 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_BUILD_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:22]
gcc-defaults 1.230 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_ARCH [debian/rules:231]
gcc-defaults 1.230 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:232]
gcc-defaults 1.230 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:233]
gcc-defaults 1.231 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:235]
gcc-defaults 1.231 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_ARCH [debian/rules:234]
gcc-defaults 1.231 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:236]
gcc-defaults-mipsen 1.220 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_ARCH [debian/rules:225]
gcc-defaults-mipsen 1.220 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:226]
gcc-defaults-mipsen 1.220 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:227]
gcc-defaults-ports 1.229 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_ARCH [debian/rules:231]
gcc-defaults-ports 1.229 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:232]
gcc-defaults-ports 1.229 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:233]
haskell-skein 1.0.9.4-10 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_ARCH_ENDIAN [debian/rules:5]
icon 9.5.25a-3 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS [debian/rules:6]
libcapi20-3 1:3.27-3.2 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:2]
libgcrypt20 1.12.2-1 overridden debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:10]
libint2 2.7.2-1.2 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:16]
libnss-extrausers 0.6-7 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:6]
libpulse-java 2.4.7-2 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:5]
lowmem 1.53 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:3]
main-menu 1.72 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:3]
network-console 1.102 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:3]
openmolcas 26.02-1 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:7]
partman-crypto 136 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:3]
tome 2.41-ah~0.git.20200131-1.4 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH [debian/rules:38]
tome 2.41-ah~0.git.20200131-1.4 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_ARCH [debian/rules:40]
unzip 6.0-29 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:5]
xserver-xorg-video-qxl 0.1.6-1.1 warning debian-rules-sets-dpkg-architecture-variable 1 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE [debian/rules:3]