Is debian/patches/do-not-hardcode-gcc necessary at all? Variable initialisations like this in make are overridable on make's command line, so your change to debian/rules should be sufficient without that additional patch.
Is debian/ patches/ do-not- hardcode- gcc necessary at all? Variable initialisations like this in make are overridable on make's command line, so your change to debian/rules should be sufficient without that additional patch.