Bug#148932: dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage -B should try build-arch target
On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 08:03:18PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > > Firstly, a test to see if something is a makefile can be as simple as
> > > reading the first line of the file -- does it contain #!/usr/bin/make
> > > -f (as policy dictates in 5.2)
> >
> > Wrong. Debian policy is just that, Debian policy. dpkg does not demand
> > that debian/rules is a makefile and will not rely on make specific
> > behaviour.
>
> So make this patch Debian specific.
Even if it's only a Debian Policy thing, it's still wrong from dpkg's point
of view, was not intended to be done that way, and Debian doesn't need dpkg
to enforce this wrong policy.
(See also bug #88029.)
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