On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 01:27:22PM +0800, LI Daobing wrote: > > * debian/rules: > > DEB_AUTO_UPDATE_DEBIAN_CONTROL := yes > > This sucks, the generated control file is ugly as hell (it does > > build-depend on build-essential, etc.). Please fix that. > I don't agree, at least it works. No, it doesn't. Packages have ended up with RC bugs before as a result of cdbs changing the build-dependencies of the package in one of the standard debian/rules targets, and I strongly discourage maintainers from using this misfeature of cdbs. And build-depending on build-essential is certainly wrong. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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