* Branden Robinson (branden@debian.org) wrote: > On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 12:52:26AM -0400, Eric Dorland wrote: > > That's what they should do, the only real disadvantage is that it > > makes the diff a bit bigger. But it makes the build much more > > predictable and reliable. I wonder if a should in policy or a lintian > > warning would be helpful. > > People will probably respond well to some example code that they can > stuff in their rules files. A rule named, say, "dist" or "debiandist". Err, you mean some sample code that runs automake, autoconf, etc? I mean that really depends on what you've changed, I don't think its really necessary in the rules file. Or am I misunderstanding you? > (I'd lean in favor of "dist" since the Debian-ness of it is already > implied by the name of the rules file: debian/rules.) > -- Eric Dorland <dorland@lords.com> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: hooty@jabber.com 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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