multiarch libsdl2-dev package?

[Sam Lantinga]

Yes, it's needed for non-distro installations. I think it makes sense for it to be there generally and patched out for distributions.

I'm not opposed to a configure option or something that makes that optional though.

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> On Aug 5, 2017, at 5:39 AM, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 2017-08-05 12:15 GMT+02:00 Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofborg at debian.org>:
>> Since we have already ld.so.conf with multiarch directories, I don't really
>> see the need to have that -L${triplet} stuff
> 
> Yeah, it's probably not useful in our case.
> 
> 
>>> In principle I am fine with this, but I'd like to know the plans about
>>> upstreaming this change or asking them for a suitable alternative, so
>>> we do not have to carry the patch over forever.
>> 
>> I wondered the same while writing the patch, but I preferred to discuss in
>> 
>> mail list before putting upstream in the loop (I did that now)
>> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-sdl/packages/libsdl2.git/commit/?id=d461026ee1fcbc930d51c6ce51d343ef9ef7fcc2
>> 
>> Sam, having different libdir values breaks our multiarch package, do you have any issue in dropping the above parts?
>> 
>> I think there is no point in adding -Llibdir, because the distro-provided libraries should be giving already the correct path.
> 
> I suppose that it's necessary for scenarios in which the user compiles
> in a non-system-wide distro, or in places like /opt.  But if it there
> is a way to make it optional for our use-case and not to have to carry
> the patch, it would be great.
> 
> 
> Cheers.
> -- 
> Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com>