A debian/rules target to rebuild pre-built stuff?
Hi all,
Since Debian does not require everything to be built from source (such
as autotools build systems, firmware and so on), would it be a good
idea to codify in policy that every package shipping files not built
from source should have a way to completely rebuild everything from
source? In this way we can find out whether or not the tools used to
build such files are still working as expected.
I am thinking this particular bikeshed should have
Build-Depends-Rebuild and debian/rules rebuild inside it.
If there is consensus on this issue then I will file a request on
policy to get this added to the next version.
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bye,
pabs
http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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