Re: CDBS class for OCaml related packages
On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 04:04:09PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 04:59:24PM +0300, George Danchev wrote:
> > ftpmasters are utterly unhappy with DEB_AUTO_UPDATE_DEBIAN_CONTROL quirks ;-)
> > http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html
> <snip>
> > See the comments after CDBS: " You have a cdbs package and for whatever reason
> > turned on the play with my debian/control in a bad way option. See #311724
> > for a long text on that matter."...
>
> Please, ... we all know that, it has been discussed as lengthy as
> possible. No need to start again.
>
> The conclusion is that it is absolutely forbidden to *automatically*
> generate debian/control during build. No one has a problem with
> generating debian/control before the package is uploaded to the archive.
>
> As a matter of fact the ocaml package already do that.
As does the kernel packages, and the kernel .udeb packages, and probably a
slew of others out there.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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