Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:02:56PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > Joy proposed to put such information in debian/control instead.
> >
> > The idea of a new file was to ease parsing, but since it is read by
> > dpkg-buildpackage it should be OK.
>
> This prevents people from using tricks like debian/control.in.
debian/control *must* exist when the source package is unpacked. Period.
Whether it is overwritten later, is a separate matter.
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