Bug#17620: PROPOSED] Package build process must be non-interactive
On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 02:14:06AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
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> [PROPOSED] Package build process must be non-interactive
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> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
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> $Revision: 1.1 $
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> Copyright © 1998 by Manoj Srivastava.
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> 1. Package build process must be non-interactive
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> This has been already presented to the list and had been accepted, but
> Christian did not have time to actually edit the file.
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> Currently, the packaging manual only says that the `build' target of
> debian/rules has to be non-interactive. Since an interactive
> debian/rules script makes it impossible to autocompile that package
> and also makes it hard for other people to reproduce the same binary
> package, the packaging manual should be changed to require that all
> _required targets_ have to be non-interactive. The required targets
> are those called by _dpkg-buildpackage_, for one. (Additional
> debian/rules targets may be interactive.)
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> I am now looking for seconds for this proposal.
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seconds
Grisu
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