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Re: apt-get internals help



On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 07:07:03PM -0700, Matt Chorman wrote:

> I've taken a look at the files and I understand the source configuration 
> process better. What I think this adds up to is, basically, is that my script 
> is going to have to hack debian/rules on each package? There is no other way 
> to pass optional configure flags to a compile?

You cannot hope to write a script smart enough to modify an arbitrary
debian/rules to do what you want.  What you need to do is to come up with a
useful standard for passing this kind of option to debian/rules, and modify
packages to support it.

Sound like a waste of time?  I agree.

-- 
 - mdz



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