Re: DRAFT: Fixing the architecture query options of dpkg.
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Richard Braakman wrote:
> Jules Bean wrote:
> > Minor glitch - currently, policy doesn't mandate that debian/rules be a
> > make script (and this is probably a good thing). So, dpkg-buildpackage
> > should simply execute debian/rules.
>
> It does. Packaging Manual, section 3.2.1, says that debian/rules
> is an executable makefile that starts with the string `#!/usr/bin/make -f'.
>
Oops. My Bad. I could have sworn that explicitly wasn't the case when I
first read the docs. Could just be my memory though.
Jules
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