Re: Bug#70269: automatic build fails for potato
On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 06:23:52PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > Which is rather unwarranted... all that should be necessary is a executable
> > file that can act differently based on the first command-line argument
> > passed to it. Whether it is makefile, a shell or a Perl script, or even a
> > compiled program (yuck :), it shouldn't matter.
>
> Not entirely correct. I am not trying to split hairs here, but it is really
> important that debian/rules is architecture independant, read: not in a
> binary format, but a script.
True, I forgot about that.
> The packaging manually actually says it is a makefile:
Yes, and that makes it policy.
> I don't know if Manoj succeeded in making the packaging man a part of the
> policy.
That's the way it is, if I'm not mistaken.
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