Re: new fields in debian/control
>>"Clint" == Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> writes:
>> Who said anything about that option only affecting the fields Wichert
>> mentioned?
>>
>> Think about debian/rules that look for what origin they are building for, and
>> take appropriate action.
Clint> If you're going to use debian/rules to do conditional building
Clint> for multiple origins you may as well conditionally set the
Clint> Origin:. I imagine you could use check an environment
Clint> variable and then place the appropriate variable in
Clint> debian/substvars.
If it turns out to be generally useful, should we not
at least consider building it in, rahter than asking everyone to hack
their own variant? I think that the Origin is corelated to the BTS,
and the BTS is trongly related to the style, and this should be
reflected in the implemntation (make the common things easy).
manoj
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