Bug#983539: false positive (.DEFAULT?) E: debian-rules-missing-required-target
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Hi John,
John Scott wrote:
> This package uses Debhelper. What I think causes the false positive is
> that, instead of using a pattern rule like
> %:
> dh $@
>
> I use the .DEFAULT special target and also call mkdir prior, like:
> .DEFAULT:
> mkdir -p $(unpacked_dir)
> dh $@ -D$(unpacked_dir) -Bbuild
>
> The .DEFAULT special target, unlike pattern rules, is specified by
> POSIX, and as Lintian indicates this is an error, I'd very much
> appreciate if this could be fixed.
Do I understand it right that ".DEFAULT:" is equivalent to "%:"?
Regards, Axel
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